Yesterday, October 9, on Hunter’s actual turning-four-years-old birthday, I was once again explaining how his mommy had been my baby and I remembered her turning four and how now he was her baby.  The concept is still mystifying to him in some ways, but he pondered, “So that’s why you love us both so much?”  Yes, [...]

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It is COLD out today!  It is also overcast and funny-looking and  I fear the rumors of a spittering and sputtering of snowflakes arriving this weekend may, indeed, be true. 
I just went out and walked among the gardens, which are slowly but surely finishing up their work year.  There are gazillions of tomatoes left and just [...]

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Mission’s Flame by Matt Redman
 

Let worship be the fuel for mission’s flame,
we’re going with a passion for Your name,
we’re going ’cause we care about Your fame,
send us out.

Several of my family left Friday for the Home of Refuge in Venezuela.   Our deal is: if they go, I pray.   There [...]

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A quick sampling of Heaven Fest through the lense.   Thanks to my good friend and HF Media Director, Kori Verspohl, for the sneak peek!
     
 
And the day is just getting started!
 
We were all shaking our heads: they heard - they came.   They actually showed up!
 
 

This sepia has [...]

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June 1972, Explo ‘72.
I was 12 years old and struggling to make the transition from little girl being raised in the strictest of Christian homes to some one who had her own relationship with Christ.   I probably could have gone either way.
My dad, aggravated about how much time I spent in my [...]

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All Heaven Fest is breaking loose.
We’re heavily into set up and details, calming fears and being calmed.   Tomorrow begins the 77-hours of straight-through worship leading up to and during HF, in The Burn Tent on the grounds.   Friday is the Cardboard Campout for the Homeless.
Gates open at 10 am Saturday.

Heaven Fest is here. [...]

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Hosea, a book recording the repeated unfaithfulness of Israel to God, also  reveals a God who woos and draws and pursues with a permanent, tender and unfailing love.   He even uses the language of a marriage covenant:
“I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice, in [...]

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6.16.08
“See Me, can you see Me?   Can you sense My love for you?”   These are roughly the words of a song I have listened to on one of my favorite websites, www.soaking.net.
The words were posed as from Father God.   And I was like, “I’m having trouble seeing You and I struggle to [...]

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Kari Jobe wrote (and sings) the song I am singing today.   May as well practice for heaven now-eternity adoring Him!

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Dottie Rambo died early this morning (on Mother's Day) in a bus crash as she was traveling to a singing date.  See the Associated Press article here: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j-9c00EaGKdEu1hUCmj3hMHKorPwD90JNT780
She was one of of the most prolific gospel songwriters ever, and the original power-singer.  I grew up on Dottie Rambo music.  (See this youtube of her recently, [...]

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