Category: Faith
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Shopping Frenzy
The Internet is buzzing loudly today with sales at Amazon and Wal-Mart! Now, other online merchants like Target and Best Buy are creating other artificial shopping holidays for next week. Everywhere online you see the term Christmas in July to describe the frenzy of sales and shopping. But at least with Amazon, shoppers do not…
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Where Am I, Today?
One of the characteristics of an everyday steward is that he or she is mindful. When we are mindful of where we are, what we are doing, and our all that surrounds us, two things are possible: 1) We can truly be grateful to God for all that has been given to us, and 2) We…
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The Game of Life
We’ve all heard the infamous saying from Forrest Gump in the 1995 blockbuster film, “My momma always said ‘Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get!’” No doubt, we’ve all said it one time or another, mainly because it’s true! That’s a worldview that, while on the surface, could…
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What Are Days For?
Today I have travelled to Hull in East Yorkshire, some 150 miles North East of London, ready to work here tomorrow. It is a place I have never visited before – before arriving all I knew is that it had a fishing industry and when that declined in the 1970s, it became a place of…
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Watch This
I am on vacation this week, being a good steward of time with my family, so I have not been posting much and have been relying on my blog friends. (Thanks Steve, Chuck, & Teresa.) So my post today is short and a recommendation to watch this new video from the Institute for Faith, Work,…
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Everyday Stewardship / The Cost of Being a Christian
Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content…
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Persecution Under the Radar
While we debate a secular ruling about a secular reality, not a sacramental one, our brothers and sisters in Christ are undergoing a persecution that is flying below the radar. There is a group of Americans that continue to lack rights and protection and they do not fly a rainbow flag, but they sure would…
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Bringing Faith to Life
Bringing Faith to Life Since my faith awakening all I’ve really wanted to do was bring faith to life for those who primarily experience faith as a set of rules. I had a troubled youth and wanted to help young people realize what I did, that is, there is a God who created them and…
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Everyday Stewardship / 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?” Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James,…
Tracy Earl Welliver 