Week after week, I look around our sanctuary, and I don’t see people that I love. Some of them are going to miss a week here or there because of work or other commitments. Others, I have no idea why they are not there. Often when I see them, I encourage them to come back. […]
Tag Archives: fear
Fed Up With Fear
What is it in your life that consumes your mind with worry? It’s that thing that you can’t handle listening to someone else’s story about their experience with that particular thing, because it just gets in your head and won’t go away. It’s that thing that is waiting to haunt you first thing in the […]
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The God Who Heals
I serve the God who heals. And after almost five years of dealing with a terminal disease (my brain tumor), I say that now with more confidence than ever. Six years ago, I was enjoying my comfortable life — my dream life. I was married, serving in ministry, and very hopeful about my future. But […]
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My Reward won’t be Heaven
It is that time of the year for Judgement Houses. Churches or other groups come together to create a walk-through gospel presentation that is intended to compete with a haunted house. Although different groups use a different script, every Judgement House that I have seen follows the same flow. First, characters are introduced. A tragedy […]
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In Remembrance of September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 reminds me how fear changes the way I respond. I was 16 and alone. It was the first time my parents left for a trip (they went to Aruba), and I was the only one at home. It was a Tuesday. Many of my friends were at school, but because I went […]
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Let Me Tell You A Story About Change
“I’m scared.” It was all I could say. In June of 2010, I had just moved from my college home of six years to Cincinnati, the biggest city I had ever known. No job. No plan. No family. No clue. I only knew that God had insisted I move there after graduation. A couple weeks […]
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And Now We Know…
It is interesting to me to compare preparing for the different surgeries. Preparing for surgery #1 was filled with fear and uncertainty. We didn’t know where to start, and our plan was filled with a lot of question marks. Preparing now for surgery #3 (tomorrow morning) still contains question marks, because we know that when […]
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In the Face of Fear
This week my daughter invited me to play with playdough together. I created a clock out of playdough, all the while fearing that I may not be able to do that in two weeks, and I was praying that someday, I will be able to create a clock with playdough again. I know that surgery […]
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Washing the Fear Away
When I was in high school, a friend of mine knocked on my door in the middle of the night. Their house was on fire, and they needed our help. We tried to help them. But in all honesty, there wasn’t much that we could do. So I spent the next few hours just watching […]
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Oceans of Fear
“The only thing stronger than fear is hope.” Could have fooled me. Have you been there? Your to-do list looks more like a short story. At least, what you’ve managed to remember to put on paper, which doesn’t account for the 3 million things that cross your mind daily with a dash of “Oh yeah, […]
