Friendship takes time & effort…

Today, we spoke at Hope Chapel on Friendship. We love speaking to their women! Debra and Corina run the women's ministry and they are wonderful. Both have a heart for helping women. This time, we addressed the three keys to friendship. Most women are very social but truly have difficulty with maintaining meaningful friendships. Social Media …

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Do The Christian Thing

My aunt is struggling with a comment that someone said to her, “Let’s make sure we do the Christian thing in this situation.” In frustration and confusion, she said to my mom, “What does that mean?” I do not know all the details of their situation but I have thought about this statement a lot. …

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How often do you read the Bible?

Last week, I picked up the USA Today newspaper. On the bottom corner, there was a USA Today Snapshot that was entitled: How often we read the Bible? I was surprised by the results: At least once a month         53% Rarely                                      22% Never                                        24% Don’t know                              1% These percentages …

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A club or a church?

Yesterday, I was talking with a woman who was explaining to me why she left a certain church. She basically felt like she could not bring others to her church because they would be judged for their appearance and lifestyle. She felt like her church was more like a club than a church. If she …

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Printed in the San Diego Christian Examiner Newspaper for December 2010

Is it only me or have you found that the more we look around, the more we see that people are struggling? My husband has frequently said that if you are not depressed, you are not paying attention. How- ever, with the holiday season here, we do not want our Christmas cards to be the …

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An email from a fellow believer….

We recently received an email from one of our devotional readers and wanted to post a conversation he had with his friend who had a question about the phrase "The Lord took a person home" that we talked about in the  devotional of 12/3/2010, "Our Perspective Matters"..... ....A friend of mine, who's name is Ray, inquired …

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A Great Time

I just clicked on to this blog page and was embarrassed that I haven’t written since the Leadership Retreat. The Leadership Retreat weekend was filled with adjectives starting with “E” like encouragement, endurance, enlightenment, and empowerment. Each guest speaker brought a different thing to the table but there was one thing I noticed with each …

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