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Living Story

English - Christian Living, Gospel, Grace
http://www.livingstorygrace.com
Living Story · 1d ago

God, Parenting, Productivity and Really Good Stories

> At about 7:15 this morning, I prayed a very specific prayer. I asked God if I might have a productive two and a half hours before a slew of appointments began. In my mind, this productivity would include trashing a lot of files taking up space on my computer and figuring out how to [...]
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Living Story · 1d ago

Dry Bones

“Toxic,” he calls it, as he digs the little hoe tool deeper in to the crevices of my shoulder, rooting out the vicious crunchy crud intruders. I picture them as vile, greenish-black clods, hardened chunks crumbling and cracking under pressure. Toxic blocks disintegrating, Rich, vibrant, lubricating
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Living Story · 4d ago

Agents of Hope

Today’s post is part two in a series begun yesterday, so you might want to check that out first. To name some characters who were agents of hope in my life, I reflected on the question, “How did I come to know Christ?” My brother and I were not raised in a Christian home, but [...]
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Living Story · 4d ago

Naming Character by Scotty Smith

In any story, well-developed, complex characters drive the plotline. But our stories are unique because they bear the mark of God. In one of my favorite books, Restoring Broken Things,Scotty Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman write, “God is telling an authentic, non-spin story of selfish, broken people
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Living Story · 1w ago

Four Friday Fave Reads

I realized last week that I couldn’t leave books out of my “faves,” since I’m usually reading several books at one time. All of these books are well worth the time, so pick one and dive in. Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III em>Cry of the Soul: emotions and the Psalms. A short quote; click [...]
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Living Story · 1W ago

Fear, the Psalms, and Cry of the Soul

A search for a quotation reference today hooked me back into the best book I ever read on emotions and God. My copy of Cry of the Soul, by Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III, which I first purchased at a conference in 1997, bears the tattering and teeth marks left by a chocolate lab [...]
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Living Story · 1W ago

A Surprise Story

I’m so excited — in the fullness of time, we are doing final nesting for the new ‘baby’ — Living God’s Story of Grace, the second in the Living Story series. This morning, my editor asked me to send him a copy of the permission which Michael Card kindly granted, to use a portion of [...]
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Living Story · 2W ago

Saturday Faves

Okay, so almost Sunday Faves by now because of the ever-wonderful May-mom’s-madness Very thoughtful and with challenge regarding education from Sandra McCracken. Tim Keller on the core issues regarding Christianity and homosexuality.
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Living Story · 2W ago

Awards and True Rewards

It is the month of May-hem, which for many of us means ‘awards-season.’ Here is a strange story of one I attended today… Jammed into a high school auditorium, we often overhear our neighbor’s conversation. Still, I was surprised to hear my son’s name spoken by strangers. The words were whispered gar
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Living Story · 2W ago

What’s your focus today?

Our son just left to take his AP Spanish exam. I noticed the notebook sitting on the counter and thought – this is a word for any and all today. 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of [...]
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