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Love is already

Posted on August 13, 2015 by jwfisch

“God loves you, just as you are, not as you should be,” was a favorite saying of the late Brennan Manning. He concluded almost every talk with it. “I will not should on myself today,” is another.

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Getting over plank-eye

Posted on August 12, 2015 by jwfisch

Here is how you accept and love other people just as they are, regardless of who they are, or what they have done. You settle, once and for all, the issue of measuring righteousness and comparing your sin with others … Continue reading →

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Just as they are

Posted on August 11, 2015 by jwfisch

I am tracking with many of you who remember “Just As I Am” as the invitation hymn for Billy Graham crusades, sung by a few-hundred-voice choir as literally hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people would get up out of their seats … Continue reading →

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How God loves

Posted on August 10, 2015 by jwfisch

Only God can love like this. Just as I am. Come as you are. No conditions. No requirements. No clean-up. No reorientation.

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Traveling mercies

Posted on August 7, 2015 by jwfisch

I chose you before the foundation of the world I formed your inward parts I knit you together in your mother’s womb I called you I heard your call

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Make a plan; work the plan; discover the adventure

Posted on August 6, 2015 by jwfisch

God only knows God makes his plan The information’s unavailable To the mortal man We’re working our jobs Collect our pay Believe we’re gliding down the highway When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away — Paul Simon One thing about … Continue reading →

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Walk with me

Posted on August 5, 2015 by jwfisch

Yours for the Journey means we are not alone. It means we belong to each other for the duration. It means that if you choose to screw up, you take me with you; and if I mess up, I take … Continue reading →

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Yours for the Journey

Posted on August 3, 2015 by jwfisch

“Yours for the Journey…” It’s our most favorite sign-off. Why do we like it so much?

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Not lost: lonely

Posted on July 31, 2015 by jwfisch

Lost and Found, by Oliver Jeffers, is a sweet little story that reveals how easy it is to miss the point. It’s the story of how a boy found a penguin that looked so sad, he thought it must be … Continue reading →

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The Red Balloon

Posted on July 30, 2015 by jwfisch

The Red Balloon by A. Lamorisse, was first published as Le Ballon Rouge, in France in 1956, and became an instant children’s classic. The book is a companion product to the 34-minute short film by the same title that many … Continue reading →

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