Posted in trust on Jul 27th, 2015
Sometimes we struggle to see how our situation can improve.
Troubles of one sort or another are threatening us or perhaps even attacking us.
We’ve seen other people suffer or perhaps give up on a marriage or on a career or a church life or avoiding bankruptcy when faced with these troubles.
Will we do the same?
Have […]
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Posted in trust on Sep 11th, 2013
Here’s what I posted on Facebook earlier this morning:
I will………………….never forget.
Innocence attacked by evil.
But the effort to weaken did the reverse.
May this be true for our nation.
And may this be true for us as individuals.
There are a variety of things that are counter-intuitive when it comes to Christianity.
The power of weakness is on that list.
Evil, […]
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Posted in trust on Aug 22nd, 2013
We’ve all seen the movies where the bad guys are attacking a walled city containing good guys. And we’ve seen how the bad guys break through the first line of defenses, killing countless good guys in the process.
The movie moves toward a climactic conclusion as the chief villain and his bad guys press further […]
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Posted in trust on Jul 19th, 2013
The general thinking is that intimacy with another person, be it a spouse or other close friend, is the fruit of emotion, a common nature and a shared set of experiences.
It is typically understood as something that develops apart from a specific strategy of intent. For if such were the case, the thinking goes, […]
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Posted in trust on Aug 6th, 2012
If you’re like me and are usually the one behind the steering wheel, it’s a bit uncomfortable at times riding in the passenger seat.
Especially when you’re on a trip and you don’t know how to get to a certain place, the weather is terrible and the traffic is intense with all sorts of lousy drivers.
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