Carl DeLine

Confirmation: Assignment #12

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Confirming the Faith: Christian Living This is what it all comes down to, a meaningful “special” life. It is your life. An important question surfaces, “what do you want out of it?” Many years ago a group of us started a program to help young people get off the street. Drugs, alcohol, outstanding criminal charges, […]

Confirmation: Assignment #11

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Confirming the Faith: Salvation Somehow in the rush of all that is called life “living” is getting lost. Somehow, in the rush of all the daily activities of life it seems what is really important gets repackaged and often fails to give true meaning. Religion has gone in that direction. We are bombarded with religious […]

Confirmation: Assignment #10

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Confirming the Faith: Sin The purpose of this discussion is to talk about sin. What is sin? What relevance does this question have since our society seems to think that sin and the discussion of sin is better left alone? The Bible does not ignore the subject of sin. The Bible says the Lord is […]

Another Visit to the Hospital…

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It has been a while since I visited the readers of this blog with a discussion on sarcoidosis. As I have been in and out of the hospital lately I thought an update might be okay. Recently I went through a myriad of tests only to find there was no diagnosis. Pain, accompanied by pain […]

A Letter to Say Good Bye to Drugs

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Dear Drugs, It comes to my attention that you made me feel really good about myself. When I needed to cope with feelings or situations I was dealing with, you came in mind and the pain would soon be gone. You helped me try to have a good life. When a party came up, you […]

Confirmation: Assignment #9

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Confirming the Faith: Tools for Worship and Prayer 1. Worship arose out of identifying multiple “things” that caused me to turn to God. Some of the following illustrate what I mean: Going to a worship service at a church. Going to a group meeting, youth group, study group, special type of gathering. Reading the Bible […]

Thursday, a Day for Giving Thanks

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It was Thursday. It was cold, it was blowing snow. The curtains were moving as wind came through the leaks in the windows. We covered some windows with blankets but the house was still cold. We sat on the sofa, covered ourselves with blankets and wondered if this is what ministry was all about. I […]

5 T’s Toward Work Readiness

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Recently I was in a discussion with a young man. During this discussion he asked me some questions about disciplining the mind. A series of words immediately came to me. The first word was “think,” the second was “task,” the third was “teamwork,” the fourth word was “training,” and the fifth word was “tithing.” These […]

Old Goals Often Inspire New Goals: Go For It!

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Today is a very special day for me. Today I share a birthday with my brother. We have turned 61. I never thought this day would come. Because of all the illness over the years it just never crossed my mind that 61 was possible. Then over this last year somewhere along the line it […]

A Peaceful Moment

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The scale was in front of me. I had four pounds to go, four days to go. The goal was to celebrate my birthday on the 30th day of August by dropping 30 pounds. It is not like I hadn’t done this before. I had done this process a number of times. This time however […]

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