Faith… My Last Post in 2013 31 Dec 201331 Dec 2013 Well, Christmas is over. We have celebrated the birth of the Gift of Gifts by giving gifts to each other. All the Christmas gifts have been opened, and the relatives…
Christian Living… Anniversary 29 Dec 201329 Dec 2013 Twenty-three years ago today, Mandi and I were married. We have come a long way…I think… We have been through a lot together, and we've put each other through a…
Thankful 100 22 Dec 201323 Dec 2013 This is a bit of a different post. This is my 100th post on Learning to be Full of Grace and Truth, and just the other day I exceeded 100…
Christian Living… Living for God Means Living like Jesus 22 Dec 201322 Dec 2013 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 4 16 Dec 201316 Dec 2013 A third thing I have been learning about ministering to people who are hurting, is that it is important to be praying for discretion and discernment; because sometimes listening is…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 3 14 Dec 201314 Dec 2013 Another thing I have been learning in my ministry to people who are going through extreme difficulty is that the struggle with "why" and "where was God" is normal. There…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 2 12 Dec 201312 Dec 2013 One of the things I have been learning about sharing God's love with people who are experiencing great pain, is that it is almost always more helpful to be a…
Discipleship… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 1 11 Dec 201311 Dec 2013 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look…
Forgiveness… The Habit of Grace 10 Dec 201310 Dec 2013 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to…
Books… Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…. 9 Dec 20139 Dec 2013 My friend, mentor, and spiritual father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones was famous for saying, You will be the same person five years from now you are today except for two things:…