Category: Facing Adversity

Shelter From the Storms of Life

We started out backpacking on a beautiful cool sunny day in the gorgeous Grand Tetons. About five miles in the sun gave way to a ...
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No App for the Desert

In our last blog we discovered that God’s presence and not preferable circumstances brings us to a better version of ourselves. We all have choices ...
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Trusting God in The Desert

The Hebrews were in a dry desert place, but it was also a very fertile place for complaining. This is not the Hebrews’ finest moment. ...
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A Voice of Hope and Dreams

From the beginning of the human race there has always been unspeakable injustice. From the Hebrew’s Egyptian slavery; the British and American slave trade; the ...
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How to be Thankful

Thankfulness is an inescapable constant theme throughout the Bible. (Eph. 5:19-20; Col. 3:15-17) Paul says to the church in Thessalonica, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks ...
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A Woman’s Defining Moment

As we saw last week King Xerxes orders all his royal officials to bow before his second-in-command, Haman. Mordecai, Esther’s uncle, realizes such an act ...
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Struggling Man

All of us struggle and no one is exempt. Bad things happen. We can learn from Jacob’s challenges and struggles with people and God. STRUGGLING ...
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Thankfulness

Imagine you fall off the side of an ocean liner and, not knowing how to swim, begin to drown. Someone on the deck spots you, ...
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Relational Courage

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”          Mike Tyson Courage is often portrayed in the culture as ...
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Everyday Courage

We’ve all heard amazing stories and acts of heroism that are worthy of the news broadcasts. Most would agree that courage changes things. We need ...
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