Journal
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When Can’t Means Won’t—Part 1
The Book of Ruth opens with the report of a famine in the land of Israel. Because of the famine, Elimelech from Bethlehem-Judah decides to pick up his household and move to the country…
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The Dash of Life
I recently enjoyed the privilege of hearing North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of 2012 at my daughter’s high school. Justice Newby is the only…
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Thanks Be to God—I’ve Landed!!
I’m sitting on a bed in a hotel in Virginia Beach writing this post on the iPad on my lap. I start a new job tomorrow in Chesapeake. I’ve been out of work for…
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There’s No Catch!!
Earlier this week I received an email from a cynical woman. A cynical person is contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives. This is a person who believes that human conduct is motivated primarily…
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A Trust Story
The word “trust” is interesting to me. The 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary defines trust this way: 1. a : assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or…
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Speaking in Tongues—Conclusion
“Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy…