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Take Your Vitamin Z (HT: Challies.com)
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm … that Tim Challies knows what he is doing!! His current “King for a Day/Month/Whatever it ends up being” blog (Take Your Vitamin Z) is definitely going on my “check it out” list. I’ve already clicked through to like five articles–and that hardly EVER happens when I read a new blog. But wouldn’t you want to read these too? – Reasons People Choose a Church (look at the high incidence of RELATIONSHIPS–can we all say PEACEMAKING/LIVING THE GOSPEL? Ranked 1, 2 & 4!) – You Have Your Clique–But Do You Have the Gospel? “Many of us are extremely biblical and God-centered in our creeds, but regrettably exude a rank…
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Trusting God Regardless of our Circumstances
Early yesterday afternoon, I was quietly reflecting to myself just how godly, easy to relate with, loving, funny, and trusting of the Lord a certain woman in my life is. She also happens to be stunningly beautiful with a wonderful husband and four precious children. So THEN I was thinking about how easy it would be for an outsider to look at her faith and her happiness and think, “Sure! If I were beautiful, happily married, with healthy children and a lovely home, I’d be a really happy person who loves and trusts God too. No problem.” But outside appearances don’t show the REALNESS of her true happiness (BLESSED-ness). And…
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Why our husbands don’t talk to us …
Oh, Carolyn McCulley! You are such a great blogger and you totally crack me up. (Lilikoi and I will be listening for your “You never know when you are going to wake up and find yourself dead!” quote on our morning walk with Pilgrim radio!) I just had to link over to your post on why our husbands don’t talk to us: Speaking His Language (Who me? Over-react when speaking with Fred? Ouch!) Thanks for serving us, Carolyn, and for encouraging us in Radical Womanhood! Happy Monday everyone– Yours, Tara B.
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More Fun on the Ranch!
I ended up with four kids today so after our zoo morning, we made an impromptu trip out to our friends’ ranch for some outdoor fun. Hope you enjoy the pics! G’nite, Tara B. Hanke the Cowdog has a baby brother! So much to explore … We love horses!
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Unlimited copyright is going away for sure
Just wanted to let you all know that Fred told me late last night that Peacemakers has made their decision and the copyright allowing you to print or xerox unlimited copies of the 104-page study guide for my DVD video series is for sure going away. In the future, you will have to buy the guides from Peacemakers and Fred is estimating that the cost will be around $8 or $9/ea. Of course, if you already own the original version or if you buy a copy before my remaining stock is exhausted, you’re set for life. The unlimited copyright of the original version will hold even after the Peacemakers version…
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Avoid this book if you don’t have the time to read it ALL!
Until today, I had not ready any books about 9/11. I did not go and see “United 93” and I doubt I ever will. The evil poured out on that day is just so awful and the lives of each victim so precious and real … well … it’s just not a topic that I’ve cared to “curl up with a good book” over. Until now. I just finished reading a book that kept me engaged like no book since Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission (which I literally could NOT stop reading until I finished it at like 4:30AM). The book is: Touching…
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LAST DAY to guarantee original video series!
OK. This is it. Midnight tonight–July 30, 2008 (Mtn), I am going to put in my last order for the original version of my DVD series. If you’ve already put in your order for one of the 400 study guides I’ll be shipping out (!! Can you believe it? I thought I would have (seriously!) TEN orders or something.) … I hope to have them in hand within the next ten days or so and I will immediately ship them to you. But then that’s it for this version of the study. I’ll sell what I have in stock until its gone or Peacemakers rolls out their version, but I…
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Double Egads!! (HT: Pastor JollyBlogger)
‘Twill take you 30 seconds to read, but it’s definitely worth it: People Can’t Talk to Pastors
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Gutsy Guilt (HT: John Piper)
Tempted to despair (yet again), I did a quick search this morning for a biblical and practical reminder of the gospel (you know, the Truth that I really DO believe, but I am SO quick to forget). In my reading, I found this great Pastor John Piper sermon: How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Sin Thankfully, I’m not struggling with this particular temptation, but MAN! Am I struggling in other areas. This brief excerpt, in particular, blessed and encouraged me: “Trusting Christ to the hilt with gutsy guilt. Micah 7:8-9 is a picture of what you say to your enemy when he scoffs at your defeat. Here is…
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Look down and then up … (HT: CJ Mahanney)
I was blessed yet again by another CJ Mahanney essay and thought it might encourage you too: Shifting Ground–Finding Joy in Adversity Let me tempt you with just a snippet: “How about you? Are you personally experiencing a season of adversity with no end in sight? If so, rather than peering into the future trying to predict the concluding date of the trial, I recommend you look down and then up. Look down and realize a transition is under way to shift the ground of your joy ‘from created things to the Creator.’ Then look up and delight in the Lord himself. Contemplate his changeless character and the finished…
