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Resources you can use to re-present Christ in the conversations of day

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On the TIME 100 List: Who is influencing you?

A look at TIME’s list of the most influential people of 2024 and how we understand influence TIME recently published its list of most influential people…

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Spotlight Interview with Gary Kendall: How an App can Help You Love Your Neighbors Better

How well do you know your neighbors? Do you know them by name? Pray for them by name?  If you have ever wondered, How can I…

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Let nothing eclipse the True Light

It happened! And I saw it! On April 8, 2024 the moon passed before the sun, the temperature dropped, the wind shifted. We protected our eyes…

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A Prayer for Palm Sunday: Turn our Eyes to Jesus

This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through Carmen’s monthly newsletter, Keeping…

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Reflections on the 2024 State of the Union Address

Last night, the President gave his State of the Union Address. The speech is more than tradition, it is a responsibility laid out in the US…

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State of the Union (in Christ)

Tonight, the President of the United States will deliver the annual address to Congress known as The State of the Union. Whatever President Biden was planning,…

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Since you asked, News sources I rely on

Several listeners have recently asked what news sources I rely on in preparing for each morning’s broadcast. This post was originally published on 2/3/2021 and updated…

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A love letter

How does God love thee, let me count the ways. There are endless ways to approach the question of “how” God loves you. God loves you…

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Lenten prayer of hope

Prepare our hearts This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through…

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When too much of a good thing is no longer good

What the Stanley cup craze tells us about ourselves A woman in Roseville, California, was arrested after police found 65 stolen Stanley tumblers in the trunk…

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Mornings with Carmen Playlist: Lent

Our Christian faith hangs on the reality of the empty tomb (1 Corinthians 15:12ff), and each year, for centuries, believers have been preparing themselves to celebrate…

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My Word of the Year 2024: Small

Do you have a word for the year?  I don’t know how long other people have been doing it but, for the past few years I’ve…

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