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Connectivity and maintaining relationship is vital for life. Loneliness and isolation in our world is at epidemic levels, leading to greater and more disastrous woes. Social media…

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Strength and power.

It is a whole new day for the believer in Jesus Christ . . . the Holy Spirit has come!  Peter, James, John and the rest now understand what Jesus meant when he said,  he [the Holy…

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Today is Pentecost Sunday,

50 days since Jesus Christ defeated death,

and the day that changed everything for Christians. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. 

[last Morning Briefing…

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What happened next?

Here's what we know: Jesus was crucified, walked out of the tomb, and just over a month later ascended into Heaven, his closest followers left behind. Okay, okay, but then what? >And right here, you need to know I see faces.…

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This is about to get really exciting!

But first . . . in one of His last conversations with his disciples, Luke writes that Jesus “opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.”¹ 

And so, we pray "Lord, would you open our…

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Forty days after Jesus walks out of a borrowed tomb, he returns to his Father's side in Heaven - Today is the day we call Ascension Day.

Picture it with me: Suddenly, Jesus’ feet are lifting off the ground and he is going up in…

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Who Am I?

Besides being a woman, created in the image of God - without doubt, Who Am I? leads to Why am I Here? What is my Purpose? If you have not already answered those…

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Why remembering mAtTers.

Memorial Day, 2025.

While most of my…

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Have you ever bowed your head to pray, but could not find the right words...  

You wanted to pray - to connect with God - wanted the heart connection with your Heavenly Father, but you just did not know how to put into words what was…

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If I asked you if you believed in God, you would emphatically say ‘yes!’

If I asked you if you have faith in him, you would say you…

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"Welcome" to several new readers! We are in a conversation about living a life that matters, introduced through a peek at my childhood family boat, motoring across the white caps of the San Francisco…

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Never give up . . . and I mean, Never!

Someone told me these last Morning Briefings are the start of a new book--huh, I do not know about that especially as I've been rethinking my last Briefing. I…

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I am gripped by this notion of resilience.

About 1500 years before Jesus, a man named Caleb was born. The reason he made his mark is that he believed God. Caleb…

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We do not have to become heroes overnight.

Just a step at a time,

meeting each thing that comes up,

seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to…

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a life well lived... resilient.                        

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, a world away from life today in North Carolina - in almost every way.  [for those outside America, there is about 3,000 miles…

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We can know how God feels about our doubts, when we look at how Jesus handled this familiar situation. Jesus was not at all put off, scandalized or intimidated when someone questioned him, especially someone who came from a sincere place, a person who…