Dead Poets’ Society is one my all-time-favorite inspiring movies. Robin Williams plays John Keating, who teaches his students poetry and English literature at an all-boys private school in the 1950s. But he does more than educate, he...
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One of the most dramatic stories in the Bible to me is the story of Abraham. Here’s a guy from a fairly well-off family in modern-day Iraq. He’s comfortable. Happy. But God – as He often does – interrupts this comfort...
Read moreAs I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me, the power of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. May the eye of God look before me, the ear of God hear me, the word of God speak for me. May the hand of God protect me, the way of God...
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. – James 1:17 Have you ever thought much on the idea of prayer? We’re here meditating...
Read moreCome, let us sing to the Lord, let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to Him with psalms – Psalms 95:1-2 Early in the morning I cry out to you, for in your...
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My fearless two-year-old will often leap off whatever ledge she can climb up to and assume I’ll catch her – whether I’m aware she’s about to jump or not. Fortunately, she’ll learn. As we get older, we gain...
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I’m big into symbols. I visited an Anglican church a ways back, in which they began each service with a processional, all the clergy walking into the sanctuary to great fanfare – but all of them behind a small altar boy with a deadly...
Read moreAscribe to the Lord the honor due his Name, bring offerings and come into his courts – Psalm 96:8 I call with my whole heart; answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes. – Psalm 119:145 Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall...
Read moreOne of my favorite Disney movies is The Lion King. It’s easily got the best soundtrack, plus there are some incredible redemptive themes throughout the movie. If you don’t remember it, it’s the story of Simba, a young lion...
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O God, the Author of all good, I come to thee for the grace another day will require for its duties and events. I step out into a wicked world, I carry about with me an evil heart, I know that without thee I can do nothing, that everything with...
Read moreThe words of Jesus’ prayer – simple on the surface – are starting to get a little tougher. This line in particular is where His prayer and mine start to part ways. When we pray these words, we are asking Him to align our...
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What do you live for? What defines you? If your best friends were to sum up the single idea that describes your purpose and where you’re headed in life, what would it be? To put it more bluntly, “why are you here?” Existential...
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