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12 mins read|03/03/16“Why now,” I said to no one, or to myself, or to God. Whoever. I was drunk, strung out, mostly dead, hopeless in the darkness. I knew I’d done it all to myself. I didn’t need God to drive the point home.
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8 mins read|03/01/16We spend the first nine months of our lives in utter darkness. There are no tiny fluorescent bulbs beaming from the ceiling of the womb, no fetal flashlights, not even a pinprick of illumination.
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10 mins read|02/21/16We hang on to our sins not despite the fact that they hurt, but precisely because they do hurt. We need to hurt, to fret over them, to cry over them, to make amends over them, because by doing so, we will grease the wheels of God’s forgiveness.
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6 mins read|02/10/16Grace is easier to tweet about than extend. When we are talking about my sin and the impact it has on others, I want grace.
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11 mins read|01/29/16If April 1 is April Fools’ Day, then March 25 is Divine Fool’s Day. Falling nine months before Christmas, it’s the day when God set in motion what appeared to be a foolish plan.
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11 mins read|01/28/16As it turned out, the novels in which I had sought escape, became part of the means whereby the Lord rescued me from my own death.
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9 mins read|01/24/16When you see a cross, you see the smile of your Father. He’s not mad at you. He’s overjoyed that you’re his daughter.
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10 mins read|01/20/16There are so many reasons why the Good News is such good news; but, for me, one near the top of the list is the relief of being able to tell the truth. It is so refreshing to be given permission to ‘call a spade a spade.
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11 mins read|01/08/16I know now that to “forgive yourself” is not only impossible; it is foolish, dangerous, and futile. It is the vain attempt of a soul plagued by guilt to seek relief in the very last place he should be looking: in himself.
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7 mins read|01/05/16I’m still piecing together fragments. I’ve spent my life collecting scraps of personal stories that will explain my father to me.
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3 mins read|12/07/15Behold the seemingly foolish ways of our wise God. He bids us embrace what appears impossible: that blood alone is our defense, that blood alone saves us from destruction, that the blood of a lamb is more than enough.
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7 mins read|10/12/15You know that person who keeps offending you in some way? They come to you all glossy-eyed and soft-spoken, stammering to get "please forgive me" out because it's the umpteenth time they've done this?
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