I first wrote this article five years ago. I thought it might be appropriate to reprint it (with some edits) as we consider how we will respond to the world around us and what could lie ahead in this new year if the Lord tarries. How do you typically respond to the messes in the […]
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Father’s Day is rapidly approaching, and many fathers are also grandfathers. I wonder what your grandchildren would say about you as their grandfather. I’m not a wine drinker, but those who are often speak of certain wines that seem to improve with age. They become more flavorful and full-bodied. There are also some that don’t
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“Simon, Simon.” Jesus said, “Look, Satan has been allowed to have you that he may sift you like wheat.” Christ’s words echoed in Peter’s mind as the cock crowed a third time. He shoulders slumped as unchecked tears poured from his eyes. At what point did Peter remember Jesus’ message in its entirety? But I
By Guest Blogger, Sharon Gamble The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; he is my Rock,
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Grandparenting a Child with Disability Emily Pearl Kingsley wrote an article in 1987, called Welcome to Holland, about her journey as the mother of a child with disability. Essentially, it was about how being a parent of a child with disability is akin to planning a trip to Italy, only to find out that the
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For those of you who don’t know him, it is my privilege to introduce you to a dear friend of the Legacy Coalition, Ward Tanneberg. Ward has been a pastor, Executive Director of CASA 50+ Network, and now most recently, pastor-at-large for Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, WA. He is an accomplished author and hosts a blog
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As we see the condition of the world around us it is so easy to think there is nothing we can do to help the situation. We feel hopeless and completely surrounded by the evil that takes place. We desire to work at helping the situation but it seems there is no work we can
“Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you have. I consider it right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder, knowing that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has
“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.” Exodus 23:14 When I was a child, our family had an annual Christmas tradition of re-enacting the Christmas Story from Luke 2. Besides my parents and occasional cousins, I had five brothers and sisters, so we had a plentiful reservoir of actors to don bathrobes and
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“God sets the lonely in families…” (Psalm 68:6) Sometimes God takes a deep longing of our hearts, a lost dream, and remolds it into something far beyond anything we can imagine. He certainly did that for me. I always had wanted to be a wife and mother. I dreamed of the day I would have
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