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Our strivings to be like God

By Dave Henning / December 30, 2020

“Sometimes our strivings to ‘be like God’ can become self-made super-works that we subconsciously employ to pay off our sins.  The trap is that there’s just as much sin in the spiritual stuff as the earthly stuff — just ask anyone who’s ever worked . . . in the church.  Often this leads to greater […]

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Sweating the small stuff = faithfulness

By Dave Henning / December 24, 2020

“Faithfulness in the ordinary, everyday callings of life — ‘sweating the small stuff.’ so to speak — is the beginning of any great task and a virtue of any great person. . . .  we are called to be faithful in the smallest and largest of callings.  God sees us ‘sweating the small stuff,’ and […]

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Multiple callings in this world

By Dave Henning / December 13, 2020

“Because of the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, God has placed us in multiple callings in this world and gifted us to be His instruments in multiple ways to a world in need.  The myth of the one great thing . . . fools us into thinking that unless we find the singular purpose […]

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A faint vision of things – look for arrows

By Dave Henning / June 21, 2019

“God often gives a faint vision of things before they ever come to be.  It’s not full form, more of a shadow, not focused or clear.  It doesn’t come with steps or money or sure things, but it does come with hope.  And hope is what keeps you going in the fog.”- Emily P. Freeman […]

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You and your Like-O-Meter

By Dave Henning / June 21, 2017

“Spiritual growth requires that our life with God move from the should category to the ‘want to’ category, and the most basic assessment we have for any experience or event is what psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls our ‘like-o-meter.’ “- John Eldredge In Chapter 7 (“Let Your Desires Lead You to God”) of The Me I […]

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A greater power than simply ‘trying harder’

By Dave Henning / June 19, 2017

“But for deeper change, I need a greater power than simply ‘trying harder’ can provide.”- John Ortberg “Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river.  The river is flowing.  We are in it.”- Richard Rohr, contemplative Franciscan priest In Chapter 6 (“Try Softer”) of […]

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An intimate, conversational walk with God

By Dave Henning / May 13, 2017

“I assume that an intimate, conversational walk with God is available and is meant to be normal.”- John Eldredge In the Prelude (“Learning to Hear the Voice of God”) section of Walking with God, John Eldredge begins with a story about a family outing to cut down their Christmas tree.  After praying and asking God […]

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He (or she) didn’t mean it

By Dave Henning / January 15, 2017

“One phrase that you should insert into your vocabulary and conversation on a daily basis: ‘He (or she) didn’t mean it.’ “- Judah Smith “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”- 1 Corinthians 13:7 As Pastor Judah Smith continues Chapter 5 of How’s Your Soul?, he cites the Apostle […]

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Building a mound of snow

By Dave Henning / November 4, 2016

“Art that loves people can be as simple as building a mound of snow and letting people slide down.”- Tom Eggebrecht in Chapter 8 (“Love People”) of Fully and Creatively Alive, Tom Eggebrecht describes one key to pursuing your passion and chasing your dream.  That key- to love and care for people.  Hence, Pastor Eggebrecht […]

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Demonstrate faith

By Dave Henning / August 18, 2016

“Joseph saw what seemed to contradict God’s promise as an opportunity to demonstrate faith- not a reason to doubt or abandon it.”- Wayne Stiles Dr. Wayne Stiles continues Chapter 6 of Waiting on God by empathizing that there will be days in life where you truly believe you can’t hold out.  As the author poignantly […]

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Stabbing disappointment

By Dave Henning / August 6, 2016

” . . . the hardest part of dealing with any stabbing disappointment in life isn’t the pain itself as much as it is the spiritual confusion.”- Wayne Stiles As Dr. Wayne Stiles continues Chapter 2 of Waiting on God, he observes that, between Joseph’s brothers and Jacob, there was a lot of refusing going […]

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A lot of waiting

By Dave Henning / July 30, 2016

“We do a lot of waiting.  But the most difficult kind of waiting?  Waiting on God.”- Wayne Stiles In the Introduction to Waiting on God: What to do when God does nothing, author and pastor Wayne Stiles describes how it feels to wait on God.  Usually, Dr. Stiles states, waiting on God involves hanging on […]

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