Joel and Lauren decided to move from Washington State back home to Michigan. Wanting to make one last special memory, they bought coffee from their favorite cafe and then stopped at their favorite bookstore. There they picked up two bumper stickers with a favorite motto of the town they were saying goodbye to: “It’s [...]
Rhythm and blues artist Rihanna sang of the power
of friendship to pull us through cloudy weather in
her hit song Umbrella. “Now that it’s raining more than ever,” she sings, “Know that we’ll still have each other; You can stand under my umbrella.” An umbrella
is a memorable metaphor for our need to help each other, but it also indi[...]
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Feb 08, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Journey | 2 Comments »
Many businesses have “points programs” that offer rewards to loyal customers. You can stack up these rewards by using their companies’ services, like eating at local restaurants, staying at certain hotels, or flying on particular airlines. Choosing to spend your money this way makes a lot of sense.God has a rewards program as well. Jesus o[...]

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Feb 07, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Bread | 1 Comment »
Last spring, two 48 year old twin brothers chose not
to help their mother after she fell and hurt herself.
The duo simply left the injured woman in the entrance of the house they shared with her. Police were contacted after the mother hadn’t been seen by friends for several weeks. They found her body in the spot where she had fallen—3 m[...]
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Feb 07, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Journey | Leave A Comment »
I love cinnamon. I love cinnamon rolls, cinnamon graham crackers, cinnamon candies, cinnamon toast, cinnamon apples, and cinnamon pretzels. Cinnamon is one of those spices that makes other things taste better. However, it never crossed my mind to think about where cinnamon comes from. Then, on a recent trip to Sri Lanka, I learned that 90 percen[...]

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Feb 06, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Bread | 2 Comments »
The train was packed with rush hour travellers, and my family and I stood on the station platform waiting for the doors to open so we could board. Tired after a long day of sightseeing, we were already anticipating the refuge of our hotel room. I took my son’s hand and entered through the open train doors. As I looked for a hand rail to hold on t[...]
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Feb 06, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Journey | 1 Comment »
On a lovely summer evening, a capacity crowd gathered in a beautiful outdoor venue for a concert by one of my college friends. It happened to be his birthday, so the emcee hinted that we might want to sing “Happy Birthday” to him. One by one, people started singing, each in a different key, each at a different tempo. As the jumble of notes a[...]

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Feb 05, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Bread | 2 Comments »
When Gandhi wanted to capture the attention of the powerful and prompt them to act against injustice, he went on a hunger strike. A number of years ago when I was confused and heartbroken, I began a 3 day fast. We are physical creatures, and the state of our soul or the hopes of our heart require physical expression.
Scripture suggests that our us[...]
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Feb 05, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Journey | 1 Comment »

Eighty years ago, Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy wrote a short story he called “Chain-Links,” in which he proposed the idea that any two individuals in the world are connected through, at most, five acquaintances. The thesis has been revived today and is usually described as “Six Degrees of Separation.” It’s an unproven theory, of c[...]

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Feb 04, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Bread | 2 Comments »
The Bible uses many metaphors to describe people who are not believers in Jesus: Harvest fields (Matthew 9:37-38), fish caught in the net (13:47), guests invited to a banquet (22:10), and sheep—most often as lost sheep without a shepherd (Psalm 119:176; Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 18:12; Luke 9:36; 1 Peter 2:25).
Phillip Keller, a shepherd, is the auth[...]
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Feb 04, 2012 | Categories: Devotional, Our Daily Journey | 2 Comments »