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In Times of Change

Leaves falling

“I’m Holding on Tight to You”

 

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

-Hebrews 13:8

 

Do you have a bear or stuffie that you sleep with every night? Chances are, that stuffie brings you a lot of comfort, doesn’t he? No matter what is going on in life, or whatever fear you may have, you know that your beloved stuffed turtle or unicorn or favorite fuzzy blanket is right there with you through all the hard things.

 

For my son, that special lovey is a little white, beanbag-stuffed bear. He used to be more fluffy, but Mr. Bear has been well-loved. Older than he once was, there’s a kind of cuteness in the way he slumps over, and we have to be Read more

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New Life? It calls me.

Plus, God’s mission to share it as observed through Moana

 

“If the voice starts to whisper to follow the farthest star, that voice inside is who you are.” – Moana’s Grandma

 

What’s your calling from God?

Ever looked down the path in the direction to which God is nudging you onward, and you can almost hear an imaginary forecaster in your head say, “more dense fog today”? My hand is raised. The road ahead can be hazy. The white mist has descended, settled in for the long haul and it’s clouded up the entire scene before me.

 

Even when the fog lifts and I see more clearly God’s exact plan for how He wants to use me, I lack understanding of how Read more

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The World is Rooting for Queen Elsa

Why? Because she’s just like you and me

 

Ok, so my anger doesn’t literally crystallize into an icy blast, and I can’t turn a fjord into a giant ice skating rink with the force of my finger, but this I know is true:

 

“For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.” –Romans 7:19 NIV

 

In Disney’s 2013 record-breaking release of Frozen, we find a unique main character in Queen Elsa. Despite the fact that she could arguably be considered either the protagonist or the antagonist, it didn’t take long for Queen Elsa to join the esteemed canon of Disney princesses, an elite category of characters whose popularity transcends the era in which they were created. Elsa brings pain and suffering to many of the characters in the movie. Yet, we find ourselves liking her and wanting things to work out for her. Perhaps we know her story all too well: the trying to be good.

 

In her rebel anthem “Let It Go,” Elsa bellows out the “storm” that rages on inside her. It’s a storm that reminds me of the good and evil at war in us, the unanimated version of humanity. Oh, how I want Keep Reading

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