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God’s Craftsmanship

God’s Craftsmanship

“But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’  Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common...

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It’s just a small thing

It’s just a small thing

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” Ephesians 3:20 NIV Sometimes when I think about the actual power of God, I imagine what I think is possible. Then I think God must be able to...

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Raising A Legacy

Raising A Legacy

The ultrasound bill came in the mail. I laughed. $650 is a lot of money for what amounted to 10 seconds of work. My wife and I have two sons, ages 5 and 3. There’s another child on the way. So, when we went to learn the gender of Kid No. 3, there were plenty of cheers...

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Making Memories With Your Children

Making Memories With Your Children

And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty.  2 Corinthians 6:18. Lessons from Childhood When I was a kid, our parents set the main course for our family. My dad was quiet, maybe one of the least talkative people I...

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Brothers and Envy

Brothers and Envy

I long for deeper and closer friendships in my life, and I have been grateful for the men who have come into my world. But I often struggle with the deep envy of the same men I would want as a closer brother. I am both drawn to them and their gifts, yet, I am jealous...

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Parenting Without Evolution Does Not Compute

Parenting Without Evolution Does Not Compute

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; Even when he is old he will not depart from it. While in Silicon Valley, I toured the Computer History Museum. If you or your child are fans of computers and technology, the Mountain View, California Museum is a...

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Raising Children

Raising Children

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4 Someone once asked me a question that still makes me laugh. A friend of mine was looking for parenting advice regarding his son's behaviors....

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Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are?

"For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end, Christ died and lived again, that he might be...

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I Hope They Know

I Hope They Know

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1  There are a lot of stories surrounding the death of our daughter. One of them is that during the last week of her life, I...

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Good Enough

Good Enough

“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV  Are we good enough? Sitting with my son as he ate breakfast this...

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