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Why Do Bad Things Happen And Why Does God Allow It?

Once again this nation has come under attack. But for me and many others it’s right on our back doorstep, this time it happened in Boston. The Boston Marathon is a special day for celebrating everything that is good about Boston, its a day where the city opens up its arms and welcomes runners from around the world. It’s a day where they are part of our community for a day.

Sadly what started out to be a beautiful day with excitement and anticipation of who would win the marathon, tragedy struck.

Building The Bridge As We Walk On It

A little over four years ago my husband, Jeff, and I left traditional church ministry in California and started a coffee shop ministry in Hickory NC. We served in church ministry for years and at the time were on staff at a growing church of about 550 people. However, we’d felt something was really broken with church as we knew it and more and more people were disillusioned with church. At our own church the focus had changed once the new building was built. Concern turned to keeping up the property and having an impressive, polished, and even an “entertaining” service.

Awake My Soul

Then He said to me,
Prophesy to these bones and say to them,
Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones,
I will make breath enter you,
And you will come to life.
So I prophesied as I was commanded.
As I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound,
And the bones came together, bone to bone.
And I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them,
And skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
Then He said to me,
Prophesy to the breath,
Prophesy, son of man, and say to it,
Conjure the four winds of breath and breathe.

Quit Looking Behind You, You’re Not Heading That Way!

David Petraeus’s extramarital affair; Newtown, Connecticut tragedy; Presidential elections; daredevil makes a record space jump; Facebook goes public; the iPhone 5 comes out; Whitney Houston found dead; London Olympics draws millions; Michael Phelps’ wins 22 medals; Lance Armstrong has been a champion fundraiser for cancer research but now has an asterisk next to his name for the doping scandal; Norman Schwarzkopf, Neil Armstrong, Mike Wallace, Dick Clark and Andy Griffith passed away; Fast and Furious scandal; four people were killed; including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in the Benghazi attack; movies such as The Hobbit, Lincoln, Les Miserables hit the big screen; Hurricane Sandy devastates the east coast; gunman open fires at a showing of Dark Knight; Middle East has become more unstable with the unrest in Syria, Egypt and Gaza; Penn State scandal…

A Wolf Named Lupus

Here is Angela’s story.

Lupus SLE is an autoimmune disease that basically attacks its own body tissue. It is like having an overactive immune system. Immunosuppressive drugs are usually what stops lupus from progressing. Lupus can also attack major body organs such as the heart, kidneys, liver, joints, and just about anywhere in the body. I was not aware of this debilitating disease until I was diagnosed with it in 2004. Most people with lupus are often misdiagnosed because lupus can mask itself, causing it to appear like many other illnesses. As my battle with lupus progressed, it was clearly evident that my life would never be the same.

Why Do Bad Things Happen And Why Does God Allow It?

Building The Bridge As We Walk On It

Awake My Soul

A Wolf Named Lupus

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