Donald Miller's new book is out. "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years." We are the authors of our stories. What will your story be in 2010?
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The “Coming” Day 18
Love is the WAY of the Spirit of The "Coming" season. Love not fear. Love not hatred. Love not competition. Love not suspicion. Love not deception. Love not envy. Love not greed. All you need is love. It IS that simple. I promise. Respond with LOVE in each life transaction you encounter today.
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The “Coming” Day 17
Sometimes it's time to become a child again. Let us not forget the magic of the "Coming" season. There was a young woman and man called to participate in a supernatural scheme way beyond their imaginations, angels were making heavenly declarations to simple shepherds in a field, wise men were following astrological calculations and
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The “Coming” Day 16
"Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home." Once again, Mary proves what a smart, proactive woman she was. I'll take some interpretative liberty this morning but as I imagine her situation, spending nine pregnant months at home with her family of origin and community perhaps wouldn't have been
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The “Coming” Day 15
Laughter is the best medicine. Check out Urban Dictionary. from December 13 elf esteem: The feeling of being overworked, underappreciated and like you don't exist to others during the holidays while in actuality the season's success depends on you. The sense of being 3 feet small when others would view you in high
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The “Coming” Day 14
This morning I posted Amy Grant's classic Christmas song "Emmanuel." It's one of my favorites! Emmanuel means "God with us." "God with us" is off the charts significant because it implies that God is not distant, far and out of reach rather near, like right beside us, alongside us. The "Coming" is
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The “Coming” Day 11
BREATHE. It's just about this time in the "Coming" season that the intention to be intentional gets derailed by _____________, you fill in the blank. I was totally thrown off the tracks this week. I returned from Mexico Monday night to two sick kids, empty cupboards, winter storms blowing and going, the culmination
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The "Coming" Day 10 A "barn?" Well, kinda different, definitely not sanitary BUT organic and eco? Absolutely modern! OK I can't imagine Mary, given the option, would have chosen a barn for the birth of the baby about whom she had chatted with the angels. Five star service maybe, but a barn? Don't be alarmed