Month: May 2024

Enough, Already!

Posted: May 16, 2024

Paul writes, “for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”1 The question is, have we? Have we “learned to be content whatever the circumstances”? I would say, much of the time, no. For we do not stay satisfied long. We continually ask God for things. Of course, we are instructed to “pray without ceasing.”2

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The Case for Kindness

By Deborah Belew McDermet

Posted: May 9, 2024

I was driving down the interstate and carefully shifted into the outer lane in order to pass the slower moving cars. I was going 70-mph in the 60-mph zone. Suddenly a car appeared behind me. He was right on top of me! It startled me, and I said aloud, “Where did you come from?” He

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Being Good

By Deborah Belew McDermet

Posted: May 2, 2024

Three Scenarios of Trying to Be Good Scenario #1: Recently, Ruth, my 95-year-old mother-in-law called me from her hospital bed. She had been admitted due to multiple issues that were causing her to feel weak and sick. “Hey Deb,” she said when I answered the phone. “Ruth, how are you?”

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