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Keep the Faith: When You Fail (Rev. Dr. Charley Reeb)
I want to begin today by telling you my message in four words.  These four words sum up one of the key messages of our faith – failure...
Keep the Faith: When You Fail Devotional Guide
Monday: Read James 1:3-4. It seems a bit ridiculous for the writer of James to tell us to consider our trials and failures as “nothing...
Keep the Faith: When You Can’t Find a Way (Rev. Dr. Charley Reeb)
If B.B. King had written a book of the Bible it would have been Lamentations. It contains five poems of cries, regrets and pain. It is...
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Understand Wandering, Being Lost, and Dementia
The wizard Gandalf, in JRR Tolkien’s book The Fellowship of the Rings, wrote a letter to the hobbit Froto explaining the riddle of...
When You Can’t Find a Way Devotional Guide
Monday: Read Lamentations 3:19-24. You can feel Jeremiah’s pain as he cries out to God. His agony is tangible as he expresses his grief...
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Why Does My Loved-one Always Say No?
So often, when supporting someone living with dementia, the first response when the question is asked to do something, the answer is most...
Keep the Faith: When You Feel Far from God (Rev. Dr. Charley Reeb)
Most of us feel that faith in God is important. But let’s be honest; sometimes keeping the faith is difficult. Life can be painful, scary...
When You Feel Far from God Devotional Guide
Monday: Read Psalm 13:1-2. Reflect on times you’ve felt distant from God. How did you navigate through that period? Action: Write a...
Promise Delivered (Rev. Nicki Taylor)
Waiting – it’s such a common thing, this time of year, isn’t it? We wait and we wait and we wait for Thanksgiving – the holiday...
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