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- May, 2010
As we soldier on through what some people
are now calling
The Great Recession, the question we may
be asking ourselves is this: is God still
good? Will he provide? Can we trust him?
Read the entire
May 2010 issue.
- April, 2010
I did not feel
like waking up at 5:45 this morning. I slapped at the
alarm clock, lay back down, snuggled under the
comforter. Persistent cardinals whistled to each other
in my backyard, as if they’d been assigned the task of
enticing me out of bed.
Read the entire
April 2010 issue!
- March, 2010
The song Amazing
Grace contains this rich lyric: “I once
was blind, but now I see.” The truth is, we
are all blind, in some way. And in desperate
need of healing.The gospels tell us
that Jesus healed many blind people. Two
stories stand out: one in Matthew 20, the
other in Mark 10. The stories are very
similar, and are likely to be describing the
same event: both incidents happen on the
road outside of Jericho, and the
conversation recorded is almost the same in
both stories. In Matthew’s version, there
are two blind men, in Mark’s, only one. In
Matthew’s narrative, Jesus heals with a
touch, in Mark’s, he does so with a word.
Read the entire
March 2010 issue!
- February, 2010
We are living in times more financially
difficult than anyone under the age of 70 or
so can probably remember. It seems every
week we hear about another company going out
of business or laying off thousands of
workers. Upwards of 25 percent of U.S.
homeowners are “upside down” on their
mortgages—meaning they owe more than the
house is worth. Our lives feel uncertain.
Anxiety has become normal.
Read the entire
February 2010 issue!
- January, 2010
During the
holidays, it’s fairly easy to find ways to extend
compassion. Opportunities to serve a meal in a soup
kitchen, contribute to a coat drive or donate “Toys
for Tots” seem to inundate us. We show hospitality to
our neighbors and even strangers. This year, our
family bought gifts for the Breakthrough Urban
Ministries Christmas Store, bought kids coats for the
coat drive at our church, contributed to our year-end
fund which helps international missions, put coins in
Salvation Army collection kettles. My kids bought
“education for an orphan” through World Vision as a
“gift” for my parents by making a donation in their
name. My daughter volunteered in the three-year-old
room at our church’s Christmas services, my friend and
I served breakfast at the homeless shelter, we
welcomed our neighbors over for dessert after taking
them to a Christmas service, and so on.
Read the entire
January 2010 issue!
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