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Overcoming Compassion Exhaustion 21 May 2011 | 02:28 pm
"When I was a torn jacket hanging on the barbed wire You cut me free and sewed me up and here I am Isn't it hard to be the one whose phone rings all day everyday? Isn't it hard to be the strong one?"...
More Mud, More Power.... 11 May 2011 | 04:04 pm
Thanks to Kristen Benson, I can now post many more photos of our neighborhood mud cleanup from earlier this year. The more complete story of the mudslide cleanup appears in an earlier blog post here.....
A Soul Surfer Finds Grace 27 Apr 2011 | 03:26 am
I'm looking forward to seeing the Bethany Hamilton bio-pic "Soul Surfer" now in theaters. One reason is that I wrote about her in my book How Healed Do You Want to Be? I quote from the chapter belo...
(Is There) Shame on You? 20 Apr 2011 | 03:20 pm
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood" (Isaiah 54:...
The Pillow or the Porcupine? 15 Apr 2011 | 12:19 am
From my "Open Letter to the Church" in How Healed Do You Want to Be? "The best people I have ever known - the people I most want to be like and have most inspired me - are in my life because of you (...
Making Your Contribution - The Secret to Happiness? 5 Apr 2011 | 06:16 am
"O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardo....
Bye For Now 5 Dec 2010 | 04:31 pm
I'm taking a break from updating this blog, though I will leave past posts on file. I am writing a weekly e-newsletter, "Gracelets", that is available to those who ask by emailing me at: bill@mypasto...
Rebuilding After Loss - Part Four - It Pays to Celebrate 27 Nov 2010 | 04:55 am
"Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." ...
Rebuilding After Loss, Part Two - Assessment 10 Nov 2010 | 05:52 am
"I set out during the night with a few men. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on" (Nehemiah 2: 12) NIV...
Rebuilding After Loss, Part One 2 Nov 2010 | 09:50 am
Nehemiah, one of the Hebrews who had been living in exile in Babylon finally got news from home. But it wasn't good: "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble a...
