LSEM > Articles by: Carolyn Mahal
Jun
04
While it Lasts

It’s graduation season; that time of the year when we find ourselves getting dressed up to sit in a gymnasium, auditorium or a stadium watching people in colorful robes and funny looking hats celebrate the accomplishments of another class of graduates. People give speeches, parents snap photos like the paparazzi, and student after student after […]

Posted in: Devotions,
May
02
For Shame

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” – Romans 1:16-17 For the past several years, the Internet […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Apr
02
For the Birds

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Mar
16
Don’t @ Me!

If you spend any time on Twitter (or other social media outlets), you’ve probably seen the phrase “Don’t @ me.” It’s a message that accompanies somebody’s opinion requesting that the people reading the post would not feel compelled to respond to debate what was originally shared. The word “at” or “@” is in reference to […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Mar
04
Reinforced

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. – 1 Peter 5:8-9 I recently heard the story of Abraham Ward. He was a statistician who was summoned by the […]

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Jan
28
Stick to the Plan

“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” – Proverbs 19:20-21 Ever bought something from IKEA? It’s great! The store has a fabulous layout where you start in a showroom […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Jan
08
Work in Progress

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Dec
17
One Last Look

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Dec
04
Happily Ever After

If you’re like most of the majority of the 7.2 billion people living on planet earth today, you will never have a biography written about you. For some of you, this may come across as mean or rude, but for most people, that is understood and frankly appreciated. There are only a few people whose […]

Posted in: Devotions,
Nov
02
Integrity

While driving to work recently, I was listening to a talk radio station.  It must have been a slow news day, because the talking head was discussing the “unwritten rules of life.”  Callers shared numerous examples of the important rules we should live by; you know, deep things like don’t strike up conversations while in […]

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