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The Privileged Life: The Decision to Give Thanks
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.” (Colossians 4:2) A pall casts a shadow over the holiday lights this year for me. I lost one of my dear friends a couple of weeks ago, to the ravages of an aggressive brain tumor. Her untimely death has left a huge hole in our community and […]
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The Privileged Life: The Goodness of the Lord in Confusing Times
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Decades ago—before cellphones, the internet, and automatic timepieces—my great-aunt Lizzy invited me to join her on fall cruise along the Tennessee River, to view the beautiful colors of changing leaves. I hopped in my car and headed out in plenty of time to reach […]
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The Privileged Life: Listen to the “Good Voice”
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12 You’ve heard those voices in your head, haven’t you? The sinister ones who whisper awful things? Things like…. “You’re an […]
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The Privileged Life: Three Ways to Redeem Halloween for Christ
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 Halloween…is not my cup of apple cider. Give me pumpkins, fall festivals, corn mazes, leaf-peeking, sunflowers, and bright blue skies. All the morbid stuff of skeletons, bats, and vampires? Sorry, not interested. Not […]
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The Privileged Life: Practicing the Presence of God
“Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob….” Psalm 114:7 Close your eyes, and join me on an idyllic Appalachian mountainside…radiant with fall colors, a crystal-clear brook, sun-dappled rhododendron, brittle leaves underfoot, rusty apples dangling within reach. It’s easy to feel close to God in a place […]
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