CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WITH AUDIO During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, assisted living homes implemented strict visitation protocols that prohibited family members from seeing their loved ones. However, despite these restrictions, my wife Peggy and I were given special permission to visit my mother who was close to dying. It …
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A Study of Significant Events, Dates, and Numbers
(an excerpt from Encounters with Angels – The Presence) A few years ago, I came across my father’s small pocket testament, which had his written confession of faith. It was comforting to know that he had been born again in the Spirit. What struck me the most, however, was that my father’s spiritual birth date …
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Am I Crazy or Did I Just Hear God?
Ever wonder if that voice in your head is a sign you are losing it? Some might say that hearing voices no one else does could be a sign of losing one’s sanity. Good news: I have a different perspective, mainly when it involves a personal relationship with an omnipresent God. In this post, I’ll …
Fruit or no fruit? Which tree do you most resemble?
Lately, I have felt more like the tree on the right, withered, dry, brittle lacking any life. Sometimes we let things, circumstances, and even people drain us of our vitality. What might have taken days, weeks, and months to turn us into a shriveled mess in an instant can be changed around. When I turn …
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What is one to do when one’s heart becomes troubled?
Did you know? Johann Sebastian Bach fathered 20 children, only of which 10 survived, all having tragically died before adulthood. In total, he lost three children to his first wife and seven children to his second wife. Illness, plagues, and the limited medical care of the times meant many didn’t make it past their young …
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