LSEM > Articles by: Carolyn Mahal
Aug
01
Weather Report: No Worries Needed

Your life is not good because it is easy or predictable, but because the I Am has invaded your existence by his grace. (Taken from New Morning Mercies, A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp, (c) 2014) It is a very intrusive vignette in the life of Jesus and his disciples, recorded for us […]

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Jul
03
Bobby Bonilla Day

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5-6 Happy Holidays! That’s a phrase that is usually reserved for the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. It makes sense for people to use it. There are […]

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Jun
14
Scars

When I was younger, I thought scars were so cool. My older sister was riddled with them. Each one represented an interesting story of dare or bravado.  She had a scar on her leg from the time she raced down a muddy embankment; her bicycle slid out from underneath her in the first seconds of […]

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Jun
02
The Last Day of School

Most of the staff and most of the students are shouts of joy and loud yahoos!  No more teachers no more books . . . hopefully there were never any dirty looks from teachers – as the saying used to go.   Sometimes there are papers intentionally scattered in the hallway as make-shift giant celebratory confetti!  […]

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May
01
Tongue-tied

But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?  Now […]

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Apr
02
When I’m Gone

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” – James 5:16 Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States died on December 26, 2006. A little over 20 months later, journalist Thomas DeFrank published a book about […]

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Mar
15
Tempting

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. – 1 Corinthians 10:13 Ever see a movie, television show, […]

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Mar
01
Visible and Everlasting Promises

As I stood there in the hallway, a curious student was staring closely at the cross hanging around my neck. He was bold enough to ask to see it more closely, but also, he asked if there was a story behind it. He knew that I had many different shapes and styles, and that if […]

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Jan
31
Asterisk*

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in his body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him” – Colossians 1:22-23 On Monday, January 8, 2024, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Washington Huskies 34-13 to claim the 2024 College Football […]

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Jan
05
Give Thanks

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. – I Thessalonians 5:18 Paul’s directive to the Thessalonians (and us) couldn’t be clearer. Give thanks in every situation because it is God’s will that we do so. Simple, clear, concise, and above all, difficult. Very, very difficult. It’s […]

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