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4 days ago
3 min

CAPTIVE

Sorry for the all caps, but that word really gets to me. It is a word for modern poets--a word that screams complexity and nuance. Sadly...

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C. Kershaw

Sep 11
3 min

Paint it Purple and Move On

Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we ...

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C. Kershaw

May 8
4 min

See, Center, and Surrender to Wisdom

As we move into a new phase in the COVID 19 crisis, God’s Word is a comfort and guide. How do we walk in faith as normal life resumes? ...

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C. Kershaw

Apr 24
3 min

Masking and Unmasking

Thanks to a dear friend's handiwork, I'm sporting a stylish face mask as I get my groceries and essentials. This new fashion experience ...

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C. Kershaw

Apr 10
3 min

Burning Hearts

He is Risen Indeed! While we continue to grapple with the news surrounding COVID 19, the absolute truth of the Gospel resonates! Because ...

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C. Kershaw

Mar 28
3 min

Choices in Chains

As we face the COVID 19 crisis as a country and stay-at-home orders as a community, Acts 16 speaks to me. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas are...

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C. Kershaw

Mar 16
3 min

Snap and Pray

Call it cycling, ruminating, rehashing--there are all sorts of terms that essentially describe the same thing. Fear goes and comes aroun...

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C. Kershaw

Mar 16
2 min

Life Jacket

In the wake of COVID-19, it is easy to ruminate on the "what ifs" and "could bes." Soon, I imagine myself carried away on a wave of fear...

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C. Kershaw

Mar 9
3 min

The Joy Choice

The extent of our free will is encouraging, and convicting. We choose, on so many levels, how to navigate through the muck and mire of l...

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C. Kershaw

Feb 2
2 min

Perfect Peace

"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind (both its inclination and character) is stayed on You, because ...

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C. Kershaw

Oct 25, 2019
3 min

Mindset

"Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit h...

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C. Kershaw

Oct 8, 2019
2 min

Swimming Below the Surface

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and cha...

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C. Kershaw

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Special Gift

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was...

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C. Kershaw

Sep 6, 2019
2 min

God of First Moves

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8, NIV "Behold, I am doing ...

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C. Kershaw

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Claying

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on eve...

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C. Kershaw

Aug 23, 2019
2 min

Lord, expand my funnel

"Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from ...

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C. Kershaw

Jul 30, 2019
2 min

Heavy Duty Pain Relief

"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint grow wea...

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C. Kershaw

Jul 21, 2019
3 min

Thunder & Lightning

"Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? Can you bring out the constellations in their season and lead th...

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C. Kershaw

Jul 14, 2019
2 min

Dead Center

"Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to re...

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C. Kershaw

Jun 28, 2019
2 min

Forward Motion

"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, a...

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