Quiara
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Close to You - My Sky is Blue
We were late for church on Sunday morning. And as we bumped over the potholes, past a man in a black suit riding a bicycle, past the dry...
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Quiara
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Numbing
Ukraine is suffering. The streets are full of gangsters. The house is dirty. My little yard seems so small. The people around me need...
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Quiara
Jan 10, 20228 min read
Deliverance
Deliverance. It often comes from nowhere, just about the time you have given up hope. Deliverance is finding a couple 1,000 goudes -...
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Quiara
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Joy
Joy always comes in if you let it. Wafting thru your heart like the neighbors kompa music - A soft seranade. Like the bougainvillea...
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Quiara
Dec 7, 20216 min read
The Magic of Christmas
Sometimes, our Bible Story Book nativity scenes seem more like a comfortable 21st century Christmas gathering than the real truth - a...
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Quiara
Nov 25, 20217 min read
Gratitude and Generosity
You can get used to living far away from the country where you were born. Strange things become normal. But today, Thanksgiving Day, I...
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Quiara
Oct 20, 20216 min read
Are Christians Safe?
I've been thinking a lot about this word - safety. Does being a Christian keep you safe? Does the Bible promise safety? I have a lot of...
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Quiara
Oct 15, 20214 min read
Waiting for Dawn
My soul waiteth for God more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. I imagine that the...
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Quiara
Aug 10, 20215 min read
What Do You Control?
How much of your life do you believe you have control over? Oh, I know you glibly say, "God is in control," but what is your core belief?...
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Quiara
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Getting Ahead
I've been thinking this evening about "getting ahead" and what it means. Hopefully, when we say this we're just referring to common sense...
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Quiara
May 26, 20217 min read
Little White Rooms
Crazy? I was crazy once! They took me to a home for it. They locked me in a little white room and threw away the key. I died there. Then...
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Quiara
May 25, 20214 min read
My hometown is heaven...
"my hometown is heaven... i've left parts of my heart all over the place..." -Rachel Ella I grew up in a land of tall pines and crickets...
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Quiara
Sep 19, 20207 min read
The Barfing Toilet: Our Own Minor Version of Jonah and the Whale
Saturdays in my life our so full of activity. This morning I groaned around and rolled out of bed at 7:30 because the neighbor was...
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Quiara
May 23, 20205 min read
The Walk up the Mountain
I want to write down what I got out of the sermon this morning just so I can remember it so thought I'd share it... Just so you know it's...
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Quiara
Apr 24, 20206 min read
God's Gifts in Waiting
I would love, for one day, to see God's angels. What do you think they are busy with today? Guiding hands away from germy shopping carts?...
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Quiara
Apr 6, 20206 min read
Lions
"Sometimes the future is scary. You peer around the curtain of your heart and look out at the world... So many things seem to be plotting...
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Quiara
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Soul Bullies
I read a book lately... The author talked about soul bullies. I've known about the soul bullies for years. Mom and I just call them the...
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Quiara
Nov 25, 20192 min read
Not a Thankful List
Here I am three days before Thanksgiving. Everyone is counting their blessings, and I am counting the things I want. Big things... Out of...
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Quiara
Oct 29, 201910 min read
The Black Bag Story
Once upon a time there was a beautiful little girl who was born to a mother who lived in a trash heap. The mother did not want to live in...
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