Addicted to Hurry

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Excerpt from “Waiting on the Lord Involves…Waiting” by Richard Foster The writer to the Hebrews urges us to “run with patience the race that is set before us†(12:1). The post-modern person is addicted to haste, hurry, hustle. And the addiction shrivels our soul. Our desperate need today is for a time-full life (One that…

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From Loneliness to Solitude

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To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude. This requires not only courage but also a strong faith. As hard as it is to believe that the dry desolate desert…

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Adjustment to a new town may begin with lots of mistakes

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By Bekah DiFelice An excerpt from her book, Almost There The project started out small. We were being sent from Yuma to San Diego, and after house hunting for weeks online we decided to live in downtown San Diego in a tiny but conveniently located apartment. Living in the city was both exciting and daunting, not only…

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