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The Most Deeply Personal Thing I have is Love

My love is one of the most deeply personal things I have. Yet, so far, I still have love to give.

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The Word became Flesh – John 1:1-14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the beginning He was with God. Through…

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I Cried from the Depths – Translating Psalm 130

Sharing in the divine grief and emotion of the Lord, the soul of this psalmist is in the depths. Yet they continue to trust and…

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A Confident Prayer for Refuge – Translating Psalm 31

This psalm flows out of the lived internal experience of the psalmist. We get to look out through their eyes, and feel through their body…

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