Christine's Blog (2,609)

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Do you think it would have been easier for you to trust in Jesus if you lived in the first century? Would you more readily have believed that Jesus was the Son of God if you saw him do a miracle with your own eyes, instead of reading someone else’s account of…

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People are anxious, casting about - yet so many of us are going it on our own, not turning to God. Why? Conversations are telling -- two in this Morning Briefing, and they provide a framework for us.

Let's go back to my exchange with my gym…

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This Morning Briefing comes on the heels of a casual conversation in which truth was defined by my gym friend as 'whatever I believe to be true.' [What is your Truth?…

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So this happened on Friday . . . 

We had exchanged a few words at the gym before, enough that I knew his name. On this morning, Michael had a tee shirt with large letters: "I'm voting for Kamala," and a picture of her…

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What is the difference between faith and trust?

One of the things I love about reading the Bible is rediscovering people or events of which I have read before but suddenly see through a brand new lens. While the Bible does not change,…

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Need a Little Rest? 

One time as I was nearing the Shepherd’s Fields in Bethlehem, a young boy with a little lamb in his arms approached me. Young animals undo me, and I was immediately…

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It was about 4.30 on a Tuesday afternoon and I was pulling into my parents' long driveway in the Bay Area with Matthew and Amy, who were quite small. Suddenly, everything started shifting, eerily shaking; we could feel it even in my big ol' Chevy. Telephone wires were…

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From making sense of life¹, emerged the good and right motivation to be an overcomer, rather than just a survivor …

  whether in the throes of a difficult divorce,

    serious prolonged…

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Last breath on earth, next one in Heaven!

On my recent Footsteps of Paul tour, the most fascinating stop we made did not involve Paul, but instead, the apostle John—the same who recorded…

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Life is strange.

This briefing comes on the heels of a sudden cross country trip to tell my brother 'good bye for now'. Robert has been in declining health for some time, but this week, he took a bad turn--kidney failure. Following a call from the…

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So you and I are living between the gardens . .…

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While it is the only one we know,

this world is really not our home.read that again

Are you longing for more? Of course you are!

Different things shake off the doldrums and get…

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Lord God, Maker of Heaven and Earth~

People are looking for answers. Many have erroneously been looking to the government to fix things, as though government, a man or a platform can right the ship. No, Sir. Only…

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Here's how it happened in the beginning: the Lord God formed the man…

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Airplane travel is one of the greatest opportunities I have to talk with others . . . in fact, some of you are reading this because I met you on an airplane.  That is pretty cool, and hey, thanks for being my…

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Fourth of July, 2024. 

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to say, Freedom is one of God’s best ideas, and one of the reasons it is so vital to daily bear in mind the Creation. When God…

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I grew up waterskiing.  O man, I loved it.  Started skiing at 8 years old, graduated to a single ski at 9 years of age and skiied the eight miles across Clear Lake the next day.  Still love waterskiing to this day.  And being lakeside holds a special place in my heart - oft glassy in…