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Emotional Trust
Sometimes I wonder: If I have faith in God, why do I still feel afraid or angry or overwhelmed… or all three? Shouldn’t faith mitigate all these negative emotions? My impulse is to think of such emotions as bad, as though my faith must be weak if I am scared or sad. But when I look…
Give it to God
Do you know what I love most about the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand? I love the boy with the fish. We know this story so well. We know how crowds of men, women, and children followed Jesus until he stopped to speak with them. We know how the day grew late, the…
Suffering
You may have noticed from my previous notes that I like analogies. I think a study of our world can be instructive, and analogies help me think about spiritual principles in a more concrete way. But as we close out the Lenten season, my thoughts go to those times for which no cute little analogy…
Faith is Like Colostrum
I was in a Bible study several years ago when the question was raised: how do we teach our children that God is not just an imaginary childhood character? How do we instill in them the kind of relationship that will carry them through to adulthood? My initial response to this is an overarching belief…
Fish Money
Have you ever found money in the mouth of a fish? Imagine a lazy day at the lake, casting out your line and reeling in a beautiful fish. You open the mouth to remove the hook and there – right next to the hook – is a shiny coin. This is exactly how Jesus and…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.