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Three Minutes
On a recent trip to Florida, I watched the sunset every night. I noticed something I had never paid attention to before. From the moment the bottom tip of the sun touched the horizon until the top tip disappeared below it, it took only three minutes. Three minutes. I never got tired of watching…
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Still Believing in Minneapolis
I’m Swedish; born and raised in Minneapolis. Minneapolis has been my home my entire life. My ancestors are immigrants. I am the second generation of U.S. citizens in my family. My paternal grandfather, and three great-grandparents came over on the boat from Sweden, looking for a better life — and they found it. My…
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Church Culture
Today I found myself thinking about church culture—how it shapes people, and how, if we’re willing, it can change us. When I was hired at the church I attend, I was told we hire based on three “c’s”, competency, character and culture. We talked about how important each one is. Competency and character you…
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Heart Snapshot
Last Monday, Bill and I were at North Memorial in Maple Grove while he was having a test. As I waited, my niece called and said my mom had been taken to the Hospital by ambulance. She didn’t have anything more than that. After Bill’s appointment, we drove straight to North Memorial in Robbinsdale.…
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My Vacation
“For since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes have been made clearly intelligible through the things that have been made. (His handiworks)”. Romans 1:20 Standing on the beach, with the wind blowing through my hair, the sound of the waves crashing on shore, the sand beneath my feet and the…
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The Universe Declares Your Majesty
About a month ago, I traveled by airplane from Minneapolis to St. Louis. As I watched the sunrise from above the clouds, God reminded me of His majesty. The following is taken from my journal that morning. I boarded the plane and the sky was still dark – the ground was dark too. After we…
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He is My Abba Father
I attended the Life in the Word (Joyce Meyer) Women’s Conference in St. Louis, MO the first part of October. I volunteered to serve as an usher. God blessed me so much! I met some really wonderful women; I got to work alongside two Spirit-filled women, one from South Carolina and one from Texas. It…
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Turn Your Eyes
Today was a beautiful autumn afternoon. I sat on my deck soaking in the warm sunshine. My cats were outside with me, and I heard a sound in the dry leaves on the ground, as I turned to look, at first, I couldn’t see. The only thing I could see was the outline of…
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The Battle Belongs to the Lord
In my last two articles “He Touched Me” and “Freeze Tag” (www.restforyoursoul.org) I wrote about being frozen in life and using drugs, men and drinking to numb myself. This article is about what happened after “day one”, how I remained free from drugs. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made…
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Through the Narrow Gate
“Enter through the narrow gate because the wide gate and broad path is the way that leads to destruction—nearly everyone chooses that crowded road! The narrow gate and the difficult way leads to eternal life—so few even find it!” Matthew 7:13-14 “I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today I have set…