Thoughts on Heaven (Part 2) - Just a Taste

As I was sitting in Dr. Ware’s theology class this week, he told a story from his youth that I would like to relay to you this week. On Thanksgiving each year, his family was allowed to eat breakfast, but they were required to skip lunch. Their mom’s thought process was that they [...]

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Thoughts on Heaven (part 1) - Beyond Imagination

When I was a youth, I imagined heaven to be a big, golden box where everyone present sat around and sang from a Baptist hymnal. I probably would have tried to use some elevated descriptive terms to make it sound better but inside I was never truly excited about my eternal home.
As I have [...]

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The Gift of Suffering

Two years ago I wrote “Suffering Song.” It simply chronicles my journey through the fire. The lyrics are posted below:
I begged for You to take me out of this fireBut You heated the furnace seven times moreThe flames leapt and quenched all of my heart’s desireOh how I felt alone, I felt unknown
You [...]

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Awakened by Grace

When I had just turned 23 and graduated from college, God led me to work at a camp in the middle of Mississippi. Lake Forest Ranch has become a second home to me. More than any other place, God has used LFR to shape me into the person I am today.
This [...]

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