Category Archives: Enlarging Faith

“Take your doubts, distrust, and fears on a journey of belief and faith! ”


My Book…My Latest Isaac

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There have been two Isaacs in my life to date, God-given blessings and complete miracles, that He asked me to give back. These were all costly things that I loved deeply, passionately. The third Isaac was presented to me recently, my book One Million Arrows. Find out the story…

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Cheers to Disappointing Holidays

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For a few years in the not too distant past, holiday seasons (and holidays in general) left me feeling sad, lonely, and disappointed. First there was the divorce where I had to share the kids. When all your dreams for your family are shattered, especially through a high conflict divorce, sharing your kids over the holidays is very difficult. But then it went downhill from there…

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God Bless You With Discomfort

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A friend forwarded me these words from Michael Hyatt’s blog today, originating from a Franciscan benediction: May God bless you with discomfort…

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Responding to the Light

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Guest blog: Whenever I need to wake up my daughter in the morning, all I have to do is crack open her blinds—maybe turn the lever oh, say, about one quarter of an inch, allowing the tiniest ray of sunshine to peek into her bedroom, and voila…she’s awake. And not just barely awake, but somehow wide awake. And I’ll be darned if she doesn’t look like she’s about to declare, “Carpe diem!” before proceeding to do ten push ups. Really, I’m not kidding. Her reaction is almost always immediate. Then there’s my son….

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I’m A Total Screw Up

Derek Redmond|http://123nonstop.com/biography/Redmond,_Derek_%28I%29

Do you ever have those days where you feel like a total screw up? Like, who could love me, really? It’s hard enough to love myself. Well, I have those days often enough, and I sometimes think, aren’t I supposed to improve with age? Shouldn’t I see dramatic strides of progress in my character after all I’ve been through? Read the rest of this entry…

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Delicate Majesty: Of Flagella & Floods

Photo of Magenetotactic Bacterium by Mikhail Vainshtein of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This has been a week of contrasts for me, and is a topic I’ve written about before. But I never get over the mystery involved. Namely that of God’s powerful, forceful majesty somehow intersecting with His delicate touch displayed in [...]

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