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Finding Peace with God

I would like to tell you about my spiritual journey. There was an emptiness in my heart that could not be filled. I grew up knowing God but had no real connection to Him. Growing up was different for me than most other children because I never knew my earthly father. My family always did the very best they could for me, but they could never...

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What is Truth?
What is Truth?

What is truth to you?  Is the bible always truth? Does truth change day to day according to circumstances? Back in the day when they thought the world was flat, that was truth, but in reality the world was not flat at all This is what Josh says in the video: “Then let me ask you a question.  When people believed the earth was flat, was it...

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Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes

Have you ever felt "alive but not really living" like the lyrics of this song? Or, as I've heard it joked before, "He's not dead, but he certainly has no life." Sometimes we get so caught up in the daily drudgery of our lives that we miss everything that's going on around us. Is it possible that you've been missing the grand story that's being...

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Select Fit
Select Fit

How do you approach the world? Do you try to discover its meaning, or apply your own meaning to it? In this video, a man decides he is unhappy with his world, so he "remixes" it. Like this man, we value freedom highly, but recognize that freedom without restraint or guidance of any kind is anarchy. Anarchy paradoxically results in LESS freedom,...

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Buried Talent
Buried Talent

It was once wisely observed that “Success is not measured by what you are compared to others; success is measured by what you are compared to what you could be.” (Bill Gothard) If you haven’t yet watched the short film “Buried Talent,” please take a look. It illustrates two common problems: One, comparing ourselves to others … and two,...

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What Makes You Happy?
What Makes You Happy?

As the election results came in this morning I kept thinking of a single line from the Declaration of Independence, you know that part about “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?  I couldn’t help but wonder who was feeling what this morning. For some these election results are exactly what they dreamed of, and for others they feel...

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The World Series & Faith
The World Series & Faith

Tonight, a new World Series champion may be crowned. Either the San Francisco Giants will win their first World Series title in 56 years, or the Texas Rangers will prolong the series, which currently sits at 3-1 in the Giants' favor. (TSN) The situation looks bleak for the Texas Rangers right now, but as I read about the series, I thought back...

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Hope Realized as Miners Rescued
Hope Realized as Miners Rescued

As I write this post, nearly half of the trapped Chilean miners have been rescued. The thirty-three miners were trapped on August 5th 2010 when the main ramp into the San Jose mine in northern Chile collapsed. CNN showed live video of the rescue and a live tracker on their front page displaying the number of people rescued so far. Similarly, in...

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