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    Interrupted by Grace
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Feb 23
    • 2 min

    Interrupted by Grace

    I never expected what happened one morning of last December. I was up early as normal to begin my writing morning with an Advent...
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    My Biggest Challenge
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Feb 8
    • 2 min

    My Biggest Challenge

    Ask me what my biggest challenge during these days has been and I have only one answer: connections. I can handle more home time. I am a...
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    Make Room for God
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Jan 19
    • 3 min

    Make Room for God

    Jesus called out the people who thought that they were close to God because they were descendants of Abraham. He said, Is that where our...
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    Four Ways to Help You Thrive Spiritually
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Jan 11
    • 3 min

    Four Ways to Help You Thrive Spiritually

    What do we need to thrive? Food and oxygen for sure. Relationships and meaningful involvement are high on the list. We give a lot of...
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    5 Ways to Stunt Spiritual Growth
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    5 Ways to Stunt Spiritual Growth

    Spiritual growth isn’t automatic. Nor can growth become a task on list to check off. Instead, growth is 25% determination but 75%...
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    Where's My Sign from God?
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Oct 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Where's My Sign from God?

    When I am lost, I look for signs. Street signs. Landmark signs. However, what I really want is to see someone lifting up a sign that...
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    The Unplanned Plan
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Unplanned Plan

    How many times have I tried to make my plans only to have them explode before my eyes. Nobody was caught in the shrapnel but me. I bear...
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    The Amazing Reach of Grace
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Amazing Reach of Grace

    In our lives with God, we have a reach problem. Not God’s. Ours. We want to reach God. Isn’t that what prayer is supposed to do—knock...
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    Lockdowns and Openings
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • May 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Lockdowns and Openings

    Lockdown. That’s what we’ve been experiencing during this pandemic. We’ve sustained an uncomfortable and unnatural lockdown of...
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    A Message in the Scars
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Message in the Scars

    Does it surprise you that Jesus’ resurrected body had scars? Thomas gives us this peek into this resurrection fact. A visual learner, no...
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    Looking for Signs?
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Looking for Signs?

    What miraculous sign can you show us? John 2:18, NIV Journeys require signs to keep us going in the right direction. Our discipleship...
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    How Will I Answer God's Questions?
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    How Will I Answer God's Questions?

    What will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? Job 31:14, NIV Lent is something of an annual review. We...
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    Practices that Cultivate Intimacy with God
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    Practices that Cultivate Intimacy with God

    When I think of people who modeled an intimate relationship with God, it always showed up best in their prayers. They were talking to a...
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    Three Attitudes to Help You Find Intimacy with God
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Three Attitudes to Help You Find Intimacy with God

    How does intimacy with God develop?.This is an important leading question because the last thing I want from prayer is a guilt...
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    Four Ways to Find Intimacy with God Through Prayer
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Jan 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Four Ways to Find Intimacy with God Through Prayer

    Is there anything more important we could learn in 2021 than how prayer could transform our lives? I fear we ask the wrong questions of...
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    Where Courage Conquered Fear
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Where Courage Conquered Fear

    Is courage just an over-positive accounting of your skills and belief in yourself? Is it a reckless nod to adventure and risk? What is...
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    Paul:  A Heart Transformed
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Nov 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Paul: A Heart Transformed

    Most of the New Testament scripture I remember the best, Paul wrote. He was a master in communicating the truths of transformation. He...
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    Ruth and a Risk of Love
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ruth and a Risk of Love

    As a young adult, I wondered how I could know for sure that a marriage relationship could last for life.
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    Just Crumbs?
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Just Crumbs?

    On a day when I felt my parenting skills shriveling, when fear wrapped me in an impenetrable shroud, and I felt helpless staring into a...
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    Where Healing Meets Compassion
    Debbie Salter Goodwin
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Where Healing Meets Compassion

    My favorite Gospel writer is Luke. He captured so many of Jesus’ stories and interactions, especially the ones about healing. I look at the
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