El Roi: The God Who Sees Me (Genesis 16; 21:8-21)
By Deborah Hollifield “The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?” (Prov. 18:14) For a tragedy that...
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- Jun 30
- 4 min
The Good Soldier . . . .Fights!
Rev. Jonathan B. Leach Ruling Elder, Reformed Presbyterian Church in San Antonio At least to my own “Baby Boomer” generation, a Fourth of...
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- May 2
- 4 min
Love, Courage, and Action
Fifty-two years ago three young adults loved God and me enough to pray for me, to alert me to my need for God’s forgiveness, and to tell...
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- Feb 2
- 3 min
What’s the difference between love and lust?
According to what Jesus said were the two greatest commandments, God wants love for Him and for each other to be the dominant motivation in
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- Jan 4
- 2 min
SPIRITUAL VERTIGO
By PPL Executive Director, Deborah Hollifield Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I...
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- Jan 4
- 4 min
Awake! Arise!
By former PPL Board Member, Martha Leatherman, MD Say with me the opening words of the Apostle’s Creed: “I believe in God, the Father...
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- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
Short Days Long on Reflection
These shorter, darker days around Christmas afford us opportunity to think retrospectively
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- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Back to the School of Prayer
PPL Board Member Rev. Lowell Avery, shares lessons God is teaching him in the school of prayer.
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- Jun 3, 2022
- 4 min
A Snippet of Song in the Night
God is revealing the secret...to enduring through this time of caretaking.
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- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
Death, the Last Enemy
It's Easter season, and Christians are supposed to be focused on the resurrection, but for going on 3 years we've been stuck on Good Friday
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- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
Preserving the Species
PPL Board Member, Rev. Jonathan B. Leach, reminds us that the antidote for our culturally-induced fears is a healthy, optimistic hope...
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- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Jeremiad: Nobody Likes a Prophet
God has a message for the church in the midst of our current cultural crisis
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- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Pregnant With Promise: A call to prayer
The stories of pregnancies in Scripture can teach us how God accompanies us through our uncertain futures and difficult realities.
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
SUICIDE, DESPAIR and COVID
Much of our pandemic behavior has been driven by fear, and much of our pandemic behavior has been detrimental to our mental health.
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- Apr 29, 2021
- 5 min
The Abortion Pill
By PPL Board Member, Patricia Lee June, M.D “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you,...
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- Apr 17, 2021
- 3 min
DIVINE CANCELLATION
Heaven is reserved for those who identify as and imitate the humility of children.
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
REMEMBER THE BIG PICTURE
By PPL Board Member, Rev. Lowell Avery We champion human life in obedience to “God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to...
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- Mar 7, 2021
- 4 min
ETHICAL CHOICES AT THE END OF LIFE
In making end of life choices, we ought not be motivated by fear. It has no place in our thoughts.
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- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Holding the Center
It feels like false optimism to imagine that crossing an imaginary line into 2021 will bring the fresh start associated with most new years.
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- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Gift of Life
To believe that we can change God's plan by anything we do is dangerously prideful.
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