Pie

Leftovers

Joel 2:25 Some of you reading this are old enough to remember hard times, shortages on cash, and limited menus. You lived on a food budget, which meant you sometimes saw the same dish more than once. Although, due to your mum’s incredible talent in the kitchen, it didn’t always have the same face. It […]

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Hope

Don’t Give Up Hope

Jeremiah 29:11 A few years ago the Soviet submarine Kursk went down in the Barents Sea. When the diving crews finally reached it they heard SOS signals coming from inside. Desperate sailors wondered “Is there any hope?” Sadly for them there wasn’t. Do you feel trapped in an impossible situation you can’t seem to change

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Blame

Don’t Be a Blame Thrower (2)

Galatians 6:5 Sally managed a small marketing company, and when problems arose, she automatically looked for a scapegoat. At sales meetings, she berated and criticized her co-workers, choosing to call her tirades “pep talks”. Her associates began to resign in droves, and when company revenues declined, Sally blamed it on the slow economy, inefficient staff,

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Blame

Don’t Be a Blame Thrower (1)

Romans 14:12 Ever seen a flamethrower in the movies? It’s a fiery torch designed to destroy people. “Blame throwers” do the same. When life doesn’t go their way, instead of taking responsibility for their decisions and actions they blame others. And there’s no shortage of scapegoats. For example: My business would have succeeded if the

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Homeless

A Friend of Sinners

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17) Of the two kinds of sinners in Jesus’ day, whom did he prefer to mix with? The honest ones—that is, those who admitted their sins, weaknesses, and failures. As long as

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Building Bridges

Building Bridges

“To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. (1 Corinthians 9:22-23) There once was a carpenter who visited

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Belonging

The Longing for Belonging

“And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25) There is deep within the heart and soul of every one of us a need and longing to belong. The one who has no sense of

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