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A Growing Faith
L I F E W I T H G O D T O D A Y
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"And so we know
and rely on
the love God has for us."
I Jn 4:16

"Faith becomes a continual quest, a continual growth. Everyday you can get up and seek Christ where you are."
Dallas Willard


What If We Were More Curious
“Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” Richard Feyman I had something interesting happen to me...
Pam Gilbert
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When It Feels Like Things Are Not the Way They are Supposed to Be
One of the challenges of getting older is not the lines that begin to form on your forehead but lines that underline the names and needs...
Pam Gilbert
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How You Can Respond to the Options Before You
“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.” Thomas Sowell The lights blinked off. We had noticed dark clouds rolling...
Pam Gilbert
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He Will Love You to the End
“Real love loves us, not just as we are, but so that we can become what we are meant to be…It’s a love that won’t let us go.” Mark...
Pam Gilbert
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Learning How To Pray
“When Jesus gave his disciples [the Lord’s] prayer, he was giving them part of his own breath. his own life, his own prayer…his own...
Pam Gilbert
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When Troubles Come
My guess is that right now, you or someone you care about is going through something difficult. You need healing. You need comfort in the...
Pam Gilbert
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A New Way to Live
“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”...
Pam Gilbert
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Finding Life and Peace
“To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Rom 8:6 “The most important thing about...
Pam Gilbert
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The Rhythm of Your Life
I have found, time and time again, that I am my best self when I'm slow on the inside. I am not really sure what it looks like on the...
Pam Gilbert
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What If God Was As Near As Your Right Hand
I had the opportunity once to go and see and listen to one of my favorite authors. Afterward, he went to a gathering area along with the...
Pam Gilbert
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Where Are Your Feet
“The art of the awareness of God, the art of sensing His presence in our daily lives cannot be learned offhand.” Abraham Heschel...
Pam Gilbert
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It’s Never Too Late To Live Into Your Dreams
“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.”* It was a cold, cloudy day and I was craving for a good story. I...
Pam Gilbert
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How You Can Find The Right Path In Life
We stayed at a vacation rental near Lake Michigan one winter. It was a small, charming house with beach access and limited views of the lake. We arrived at night. The next morning we were surprised to discover there were paths all around us.* A few feet from the long driveway that led us to the house, was another long tree lined path to the road. There was also a walking path on either side of the house that led to the lake. Adjacent to the walking paths were driveways for t
Pam Gilbert
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Dazzling Sparks of 2022
One of the books that I enjoyed this past year was Tell It Slant. The title comes from an Emily Dickinson poem: Tell all the Truth but...
Pam Gilbert
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6. Living the Question of Christmas
This Advent I have been inspired by the Carols of Christmas. Each week a new song seemed to capture my imagination. Before moving into the new year I have one more to share with you. It is my favorite - What Child is This .* It is actually hard to find a good version of it to add to your Christmas playlist. It is not as popular as Joy to the World or Hark the Herald Angels Sing yet the haunting melody versed with a question always grabs me. This child, Jesus, comes while w
Pam Gilbert
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