January 31st, 2014 
Committing Scripture to memory, for me, truly took off in 2005, the year before my bride and I said our “I do’s.” Growing up, memorizing was an understood, expected and necessary discipline, though I never realized its relevance or power until, following a challenge by my pastor (to commit to memory a tiny sampling of short verses on the back of our church bulletin), I felt the need to include it as an …
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January 27th, 2014 
We aspire to be like the person in Psalm 1, who delights in God’s Word and meditates on it day and night. But the concept of meditation often conjures up images of sitting in the lotus position and chanting unintelligible words in a monotonous drone. We don’t fully grasp what meditation is or how it produces the benefits described in Psalm 1.
In many world religions meditation involves emptying your mind for …
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January 24th, 2014 
“I can’t memorize Scripture, but I CAN ask God to help me do it.”
This was the thought that stayed with me after hearing my friend Lise quote a passage from Luke and talk about memorizing Scripture. She also shared, “Don’t try to add something new to your day—ask God to help you ‘catch the minutes’ you already have.”
I wanted God’s Word in MY heart. So I asked the Lord to …
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January 22nd, 2014 
An ingenious creature, the spider weaves an intricate mesh to trap and devour his steak dinner. Through meticulous planning he avoids his own capture in the lethal web he creates. His design includes two kinds of strands: one, gluey like wet hairspray, and the other, smooth like silk fibers. The spider spins his masterpiece. He outlines it in non-sticky threads. He returns to the center and replaces a strategic number of these strands …
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January 20th, 2014
Seeing a run-down house carries me back to the time when Ethan and I got involved in a renovation project in our neighborhood—a large house, 70+ years old, in a dilapidated state. The family moved away, the house went into foreclosure, and after sitting idle with no up-keep for more than a year, it began to look like a jungle over there. Concerned neighbors panicked when a rumor circulated that a potential buyer …
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