Thanks, Bob

On the Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout for the Kinect, occasionally Trainer Bob will say, “Remember, if you start to lose your balance and tip over, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be here waiting for you to get back in position.” Thanks, Virtual Bob. You’re such a help. _________________________________ I was thinking about a more substantial [...]

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Why Go To Church?

Many people have become disillusioned with organized religion over the years. Some accusations against church are that it seems all form, busyness and programs with little substance or real spirituality, or the people seem cliquish. With the availability of sermons and Bible study aids online, is there any real need to go to a building [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: June

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. This will overlap my Spring Reading Thing Wrap-Up [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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Coming Home

I love this new melody and arrangement of these old, dear words. May every heart reading come truly Home. I’ve wandered far away from God, Now I’m coming home; The paths of sin too long I’ve trod, Lord, I’m coming home. I’ve wasted many precious years, Now I’m coming home; I now repent with bitter [...]

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Laudable Linkage and Funny Videos

Just a few today: Challies had a couple of good posts about The Christian and Assurance of Salvation and The Basis of a Christian’s Assurance. I appreciated these as I struggled for years with assurance. Another HT to Challies, Dear Photograph is a really cool site, where participants “take a picture of a picture from [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go [...]

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“Learning the Father’s Love”

(Photo courtesy of the morgueFile.) This is an excerpt from a recent Elisabeth Elliot newsletter, which was in turn taken from a chapter titled “Learning the Father’s Love” from the book A Lamp For My Feet: When my brother Dave was very small, we spent a week at the seaside in Belmar, New Jersey. In [...]

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Spring Reading Thing 2011 Wrap-Up

It’s hard to fathom that summer is just now officially starting since life has been feeling pretty summery for a few weeks now. But the end of spring brings with it the end of Katrina‘s annual Spring Reading Thing! It’s time to share how we did with the goals we set back at the beginning [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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