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A String of Ungrieved Losses

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Throughout our lives, you and I will accumulate a string of disappointing losses, and quite often those losses will go ungrieved. Like ships collecting barnacles in the ocean, our hearts collect injuries, and we aren’t always adept at sufficiently grieving them. No one is immune to wounding, and even the…

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When the high road hurts

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Sometimes the high road hurts, doesn’t it? When I officiate weddings, I often insert a little phrase near the end of my remarks, urging the excited couple to “Live on the high road even when it hurts.” The high road is a glorious road. It is the noble path of…
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Friend of Sinners

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Of all the many names and titles affixed to Jesus throughout His ministry, this one might be the sweetest—and the most controversial. It was not bestowed as a compliment, and the people who gave Him this name were not admiring Him for it. They said, “Here is a glutton and…