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Living Like Lazarus

Let me see, the list of items that will make 2020 one of the most memorable years in history so far has been: a global pandemic, a toilet paper shortage, murder hornets, a coin shortage, world-wide violence, CHAZ/CHOP, zombie cicadas, racial…

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All Those People Going Somewhere...

I've started taking a walk in the mornings. I resisted it for years out of a combination of denial and laziness, but it's become abundantly obvious that I can no longer sustain a sedentary lifestyle without some pretty unpleasant…

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Hide and Seek

Once upon a time, young Bobby and his dad were playing catch in the backyard when Bobby grew tired of the game. "Hey Daddy," he said, "I don't want to play this game anymore." "Okay," replied his father, "Do you…

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I Was Made for This

A couple of years ago, while I was on a mission trip to Guatemala, I was in the men's sleeping quarters to grab my backpack, my five-dollar missionary Bible, and some other essentials to use as our team prepared to go out and bless…

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This is No Time for the Church to Fail

It seems like every time we hear the news, whether it's SRN News on Kinship Christian Radio or news from a secular source, it just seems to get worse. Nightly riots in Portland, cops being attacked by organized mobs in Chicago,…

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Women Interrupted: When Life Doesn't Go According to Plan

The title, focus, theme, and plan for the 2020 Kinship Christian Radio Women's Conference was chosen long, long before anyone had ever heard about COVID-19 or the ensuing global pandemic. Now, I appreciate a good irony as much…