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Parable of the Demons
The church was overcoming the darkness. The kingdom of heaven was advancing. So Satan held a council of war to determine the best way to defeat the church. “Who will devise a strategy to stop this troublesome church?” asked Satan. A cruel-looking demon stepped forward. His flesh was covered with ulcerated sores, and his face…
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Ladybug
About three weeks ago we got a dog. She is a five-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Ladybug. She was rescued, so we have been told, from a shelter in Ohio, and she came with Ohio dog tags and records from a veterinarian clinic in Cleveland. Or maybe it was Cincinnati. She is full of energy,…
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An Uncommon Book of Prayer
Read this article on my blog and post comments there. I’ve read a lot of books about prayer. Years ago I read Rosalind Rinker’s Prayer: Conversing With God, one of many books to describe prayer as a conversation rather than a ritual observance. More recently, I read Steve Brown’s Approaching God: How to Pray. Despite…