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A true unsung hero of the Biblical narrative is Joseph of Nazareth. As Jesus’ adoptive father, think about the effect this man had on the salvation story! Yet he is often, in our nativity scenes, indistinguishable from the shepherds. Having raised three children who aren’t biologically mine, I understand the depth of love and care…
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I am a self-proclaimed adventurer. As an Enneagram 7, I thrive on novelty and experiences. Boredom is actually frightening and a little painful. Unsurprisingly, then, I love stories of people who live extraordinary lives for God: Esther, who became queen; Sampson, who saved Israel; David, the shepherd king; and Paul, spending his life fighting opposition…
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Family is a strong emotional word. That’s true whether the emotions you experience when you hear it are positive or negative. That’s because we all spent our formative years in one, and either it was great or it was bad. Shakespeare’s line, “He is not worthy of the honeycomb who shuns the hive because the…
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If you’ve read part 1 of this series, you know that earthquakes aren’t commonly mentioned in the Bible. If you haven’t, I’ll put the link to that here. We are looking at a weekend bookended by earthquakes, the weekend that Christ was crucified. The first was when He conquered Sin, and the Earth shook at…
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Part 1 – Torn Curtains and Sin’s Defeat Before that moment, there were sacrifices and separation; after that moment, there was atonement and communion. No wonder the Earth shook! Angela Lewis Of the over 600 stories in the Bible, no more than a dozen earthquakes are recorded. Actually, there are more predictions and prophecies of…
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Twenty-six years ago, I had a very bad Good Friday. I was 16 weeks pregnant and so excited to be a mom. On that Friday morning in 2000, I woke up and realized I had started bleeding. After a call to the doctor, I headed out for the Emergency Room. On the drive there, I…
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Nearly 20 years ago, I preached for the first time. The day before I was supposed to preach, I still had only gotten a general topic from God: Courage. At the same time, we were in the middle of our second adoption and had felt called to change our paperwork to say we wanted to…
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Ten years ago, my husband of twenty-one years, nineteen of which were spent in ministry together, said something that changed my life. We were on an anniversary trip when he looked at me and said, “I’m done with all of this.” I was so confused. All of what? “This. All of it. I don’t want…
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Young women will dance and be happy, young men and old men will join in. I’ll convert their weeping into laughter, lavishing comfort, invading their grief with joy. Jeremiah 31:13(MSG) I will always remember the day my husband told me he was leaving as the worst day of my life. I can’t even begin to…
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One of the most famous shipwrecks in history, the Titanic, had an obvious navigational problem when it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. But the fascinating series of events that led there are less well-known. The navigator, who was supposed to be the First Officer on the ship, was removed from the roster…
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