Christianity
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Interview with Author and Blogger Caroll Zavala
This is a link to my interview with Carroll Zavala from February 20, 2018. Please click the link to read her article. via Miranda J. Chivers’ Unequally Yoked
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MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH PROVERBS
When looking for ways to start a meaningful conversation about faith, look for points of commonality. In this article, I show how the much of the book of Proverbs is actually ingrained in our Judaic-Christian democratic culture.
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The Relevance of Palm Sunday
Read John 12: 12-13 Yesterday, being Palm Sunday I was initially struck by Jesus’ humble entrance into the city. Then today, as I was reading this passage again, I had another revelation. This same crowd that celebrated the arrival of the Messiah one day openly denounced him and sent him to the cross a few days later. Does this bear any relevance to my life today? As I stood in the church service with arms uplifted singing songs that celebrated our Savior, I realized I was one person in a crowd that were all doing the same thing. Later as I reflected, I asked myself, “was I singing because…
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The Sword on a Donkey
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” Matthew 21:9-11 NIV Jerusalem today is a bustling commercial city. The old and the new merge together in a chaotic symphony of sights, smells and sounds. The streets are crowded, filled with vendors hawking their wares, tourists searching for the perfect souvenirs and local residents purchasing their daily bread. The…
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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY Who was St. Patrick? I didn’t know the origin of this legend until I traveled to beautiful, evergreen, Ireland in 2014. I traveled with a group of people—mostly women—under the leadership of an evangelist from Colorado by the name of Marilyn Hickey. This trip was a very pleasant introduction to tourist evangelism. Yes, we did several crusade nights and some street evangelism—I have lots of stories from those events—but our travel time was spent following the trail of St. Patrick. This story as told to us by our travel guide was surprising and inspiring. According to Irish legend and church history, St. Patrick was a…
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HUMILITY
“God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.” Romans 12:3 TPT I spent most of last week reflecting on the life and times of Dr. Billy Graham. Undisputedly, he was the most famous preacher of the twentieth century. Some say that he was the most influential evangelist since Jesus walked this earth. His public memorial was a testament to spiritual greatness.…
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LOVE IS…
I Corinthians 13 is still the best resource for understanding love. We need to read this more often and learn how to apply it to our daily lives.
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The Writing of My Book “Unequally Yoked”
You might wonder why I decided to write my first book on such a complicated theme. To be honest, I never intended to write a book on this subject. In fact, this topic was the farthest from my mind. As a side note, writing a book has been a dream of mine since I was eleven years old. But life and bad choices kept me from fulfilling that dream. Interestingly, those same bad choices and life circumstances led me into many twists and turns that could keep any author busy for decades. The tough decision was which part of my life story did I want to tell first? Secondly, what…
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Gardening with Jesus
This summer God has been downloading so many things to me mostly around the theme of gardening. You might think that I’m a wonderful gardener. I’m not. In fact, most of the time I give up halfway through the summer. I get tired of the work involved. I just want to sit back and enjoy the flowers. I walk around the neighborhood, admiring the beautiful front yards, wishing I had the stamina to put in the work required to have an award-winning yard. But I don’t. I suffer from low energy levels and poor physical strength. To keep my energy levels consistent, I’ve learned to pace myself, take plenty of…
