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When You Face The Place of Empty
I don’t want to be one of those people. Someone who is afraid. Someone who can’t deal with hard things. Someone who has failed to overcome the things that could make me… Read More
When You Need To Feel The Pain
Sometimes, the pain we have worked so hard to avoid is the one thing that leads us to where God calls us to go. Sometimes, feeling our need is the greatest… Read More
Letting The Plates Fall — When Worry Spins Out Of Control
Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves to live fruitful lives, we lose faith and end up collapsing under our own weight. I love autumn. Summer is so bright and intense,… Read More
Can Setting Goals Become An Addiction?
“That sense of newness is simply delicious. It makes new the Bible and friends, love… and God himself.” ~ Temple Gairdner The life of faith involves a lot of waiting. How do… Read More
Why An Unscripted Life Is Uncomfortable
“Great faith isn’t the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It’s simply taking God at His word and taking the next step.” ~ Joni Eareckson Tada Going on… Read More
Special Blend Interview: Pete Wilson Finds God’s Best Work In Plan B (Book Giveaway)
While most run from the pain of a shattered dream, Pete Wilson turns into the uncertainty of Plan B, to be transformed by God instead. Most people gravitate towards anything and everything… Read More
Plan B: Putting Down My Magic Slate
“We are going to all get to that place where life hurts and our hearts are broken. We are all going to find ourselves in the middle of a Plan B… Being… Read More
Fasting A Dream — When Life Throws A Wrench
“Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God’s hands, I still have.” ~ Martin Luther The idea of fasting has often appealed to… Read More
The Problem With Happiness
Gung Hay Fat Choy! If you are Chinese, you have probably heard this the umpteenth time this week. While couples were injesting chocolate candy on Valentine’s Day, Chinese families were wearing red… Read More
Leaving The Shadows, Inviting Renewal
There’s a childhood favorite that gets read, re-read, and played out ad nauseum out here in the Gray household — Peter Pan. No matter how many times the story is told, I’m… Read More
Josh Wilson: Savior, Please Keep Saving Me
Artist: Josh Wilson Album: Trying To Fit The Ocean In A Cup Year: 2008 Title: Savior, Please Keep Saving Me I love this week’s Worship Smoothie for so many reasons. The song… Read More
Aaron Shust Gives It All Away
Artist: Aaron Shust Album: Anything Worth Saying Year: 2005 Title: Give It All Away Our featured Worship Smoothie today comes to us from Aaron Shust, an American Christian contemporary music artist. To… Read More
