Tag: faith
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Slaying Dragons
Was the trial sore? Temptation sharp? Thank God a second time! Why comes temptation but for a man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? Pray “Lead us into no such temptations, Lord!” Yea, but, O thou whose servants are the bold, Lead such temptations by…
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How Will You Live in Old Age?
Some people seem to take years to die. In my family members crash and burn. One moment my father was cooking burgers on the grill for my son, the next he was dying of a heart attack. Aside from dying while sleeping, this is the best way to go, though it’s a shock to those…
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Fiction: Unplugged
The missionaries took over the fire. William hung in the shadows, but Buck came to him with a new bottle, unplugged it, and shared it out. William offered Buck a cigar. “No,” Buck said. “Oh, what the hell.” He took it and lit up, staring into the fire. “I guess I’ve lost my job now,”…
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A Neglected Horse: Christmas Inspiration
Kim Meeder is one of the most inspirational women I know of. One day I’d love to do what she does! Get ready to cry . . .
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“There are some men and some women in whose company we are always at our best. While with them we cannot think mean thoughts or speak ungenerous words…
…Their mere presence is elevation, purification, sanctity. All the best stops in our nature are drawn out by their intercourse, and we find a music in our souls that was never there before.” – Henry Drummond George Muller’s father was a tax collector. By the age of ten young George was an expert thief, liar…
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Fiction: Drawing From Memory
William sat beneath a cottonwood in the searing heat trying to ignore the hordes of flies and eye gnats commuting from breeze to hot breeze. Kenyon gave him the well-kept sable brushes and the vivid oil tubes left by their fallen leader. William flipped through Ignatius’ leather bound sketchbook with sinking heart. Crow warriors, Sioux…
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Fiction: Is Life a Curse?
Following in the footsteps of a murdered artist, William is thrilled … and a little scared.
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God as Tyrant
“While I regarded God as a tyrant I thought my sin a trifle; But when I knew Him to be my Father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against Him. When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so…
Author Adrienne Morris 