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Cone of Shame: Lesson in Blindspots
We recently had our young Australian Shepherd spayed. And, yes, she came home with the “cone of shame”. If you haven’t heard that term, you probably haven’t been into the animated Pixar movies,...
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Taking a Break from Posting Due to Spinal Fusion Surgery
My posting on Grace Dependent has become very intermittent and almost non-existent. This is due to a battle I have been waging with Chronic Pain due to disc deterioration in my L3/L4/L5/S1. I am...
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Jesus said, Have Faith in God
Just four words. They jumped off the page and careened off the corners of my mind. Jesus said this in response to the disciples’ amazement of the cursed fig tree’s appearance. Yesterday it was healthy...
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The Name of Jesus – John Newton (1725-1807)
I was reading this hymn today in one of my favorite “rescued from the public library” finds, Hymns as Poetry. It is a hymn written by John Newton. I could not find any music to the hymn on my very...
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Parenting: Turning the Mission into the Mission Field
I am absolutely blown away with how much activity takes place in the lives of the teens in my youth group and even in my own home. A couple nights ago we sat down as a family and synced our calendars....
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The Church of Irresistible Influence – an excerpt
I am almost finished with a book that I really haven’t been able to put down. It is titled, The Church of Irresistible Influence, by Dr.Robert Lewis. The “sub-title” is “Bridge-building Stories to...
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Worshiping on the Mountaintop – Pikeville, TN
As I am preparing to write this post the clock as moved me beyond July 1 into July 2. That is only if you live in EST. I am currently on the road in Mt.Vernon, IL heading to Missouri and I believe that...
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Heal the Wound, Leave the Scar
This song was a blessing to me this morning in my personal worship. It is entitled, “Heal the Wound”, and it is sung by Point of Grace. May we never forget the work that God has done in our lives. I...
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You Alone Can Rescue ~ Matt Redman
When I have my own times of personal worship, I use a variety of resources to guide me in right thinking of my relationship with Christ. Music is a big part of my personal times of worship. I don’t...
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A Faith of Our Own by Jonathan Merritt; book review
It was just one of those providential golden nuggets. Scrolling upward on my twitter app was a tweet by Jonathan Merritt. He was giving away a copy of his book to the first three people who replied to...
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Recruiting Men to Disciple – Seth Barnes
I get daily emails from Seth Barnes. It’s a long story of how I found Seth’s website, but suffice it to say it was part of the groundwork God was using to move me forward in jumping out into “the...
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The Greatness of Our God
I am being blown away by my ever growing perception of who God is. He is great and his greatness is unsearchable (Ps.145) I am overcome by that sentence. Here is a song sung by One Sonic Society called...
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Blame God? Blame Me!
When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. We have...
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An App Worth Having
Between my Android smartphone and the iPad, I spend a lot of time looking at apps that will assist me in making life more efficient and productive. Everything from apps for travel to apps for Bible...
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On Prayer & Pancakes
Saturdays are good breakfast days. The morning develops slowly as many of us tend to sleep in and then soon morphs into a flurry of “What’s for breakfast?!?” Saturdays are for special breakfast items –...
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6 Ways Churches Should Be More Like Libraries
A thoughtful and thought – provoking good read from Q Ideas: “I’m from San Francisco,” he said. “I like it here, but I think I’ll go back there.” He sat across from me at the out-of-the-way table I’d...
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Show Mercy, Not Sacrifices
A couple of days ago I was reading in Matthew 9 in one of my Lent devotionals. Matthew 9 that day just seemed jammed packed of lessons that leaped off the page at me. But it was this section I thought...
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First Impressions: Haiti
The grit of Haiti’s landscape is still beneath my fingernails. The memories are vivid. Perhaps there will be a series of posts of what I think of Haiti, our trip and the work we’ve accomplished there,...
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She Wrote Her Name on My Hand: Haiti
I was the last of our group to enter the construction site. We were led there by the pastor’s wife, Esther, who felt Holy Spirit was telling her to visit this home. Although the owners of the property...
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