

The Rooster Alarm
My grandmother had some chickens and one rooster. When he saw me, those beady eyes delivered an I-know-you recognition that was...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
5 days ago2 min read
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Belief Behind Locked Doors
LUKE 24:36-48 The eleven disciples huddle behind a locked door. The city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. The death of Jesus had only made...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 242 min read
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When Jesus Prayed for Me
After the Passover supper with his disciples, Jesus was full of tension that the disciples didn’t perceive. It was just another night,...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 162 min read
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Discovering God's New
God, the only authentic innovator who creates what couldn’t happen without His breath and power, offers us what we cannot find anywhere...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 92 min read
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Keep the Stones Quiet!
What about our voices? Where do we raise them to honor Jesus?

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 22 min read
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What Signs Am I Missing from God?
Journeys require signs to keep us going in the right direction. Our discipleship journeys are no different. We need signs to keep us...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 262 min read
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If Confession is Good for the Soul...
If confession is good for the soul, why is there so little of it? Is it because we can’t stand to see ourselves in a bad way? Do we...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 192 min read
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How Can I Recognize the Way God Talks to Me?
Why is it so hard to know how God speaks to me? I’ve heard that question so often. It breaks my heart because I know the angst it...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 193 min read
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Unshakable Hope in Uncertain Times
You feel it, don’t you? An unsettling fog blinds us from seeing very far ahead. The fog is a chaotic mixture of uncertainty,...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 53 min read
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Lessons from a Desert
Hagar’s story from the Bible isn’t the first one anyone thinks of, yet it is our story so many times. You’ll find it in Genesis 16. It is...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 223 min read
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Perspectives for a New Year
Happy New Year. Happy New Start. Happy Clean Slate! As I think about last year and how I can learn from it as I move into a New Year, I...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 93 min read
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When Simeon's Prayer Came True
The scene is private. We would have seen nothing unusual if we had been visitors to the Temple that day. A young couple brought their...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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December Prayers
My favorite Christmas angel story is not when Mary receives her message from an angel. It is the story of Zechariah and his angel visit....

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Thanking God IN; Not Just FOR
Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:18 It’s easy to be thankful for ...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Two Candidates: One Choice?
When the disciples needed to replace Judas, it was not a playground exercise of choosing by personal preference. This was a critical...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Sep 17, 20242 min read
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From Deserter to Devoted
John Mark surfaces in the beginning of the early church. The first time we meet him, he is introduced as the son of Mary at whose home...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Sep 1, 20243 min read
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Who is Knocking at the Door
It was not a social gathering at the house of Mary, mother of John Mark, in Jerusalem. It was a prayer meeting. Their spiritual leader,...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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Witness in a Letter
Who writes real letters anymore? We post family pictures and updates on social media. We text or email our celebrations and woes. ...

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 12, 20243 min read
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Underpowered?
We are not changing our world.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 28, 20243 min read
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Swimming Upstream
As Christians in a postmodern world, we are swimming upstream.

Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 6, 20243 min read
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