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Sometimes I think we are bored with what matters–Blood and nail, outpouring of light, wake up alive in God, from glory to glory. That’s it….
![Thank You Wife](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/07/saved-by-grace2-e1342795552651-470x140.jpg)
My wife has spoken two prophetic words in my life that relate to commissioning, to one and the same call. The first was given years…
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Veneration has to do with respect and honor, while adoration belongs to the God we worship in love. All of us show veneration to persons…
![What I Saw](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/07/celtic_heart_sun-catcher_fused_glass_7d98142f-470x140.jpg)
Union and communion swallowed up by love sustains the universe that is the presence of God himself–eternal interchange of persons. Once I was walking home…
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While Brian and I have eight kids, his brother and sister-in-law have none. One thing my brother-in-law finds endlessly fascinating is the who’s-crying-now game. When…
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Noah’s poem brought to mind a real encounter I had with Abba while I was in a very vulnerable emotional state. My teenage years were…