Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 2, 20223 min read
A Burning in the Heart
Fire is merciless. When fire burns paper, wood, refuse; nothing is left but ashes. A gray, powder or fragile flake is all we see from...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 5, 20202 min read
We Need More Donkeys!
Perhaps the only invited participant on Palm Sunday was a donkey. A halting, hee-hawing, stubborn donkey. This was no accidental...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 25, 20202 min read
How Much Faith Is Enough?
They were blind. Dark is all they saw. However, there was nothing wrong with their hearing. They knew that Jesus, the Healer, was near....
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 18, 20202 min read
When Something Becomes an Idol
We shun the practice of bowing before sculptured idols and leaving some payment or tribute. We know there is no heartbeat in a statue,...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Holiness in Person
Our world is starving for in-person holiness. Everybody’s different truths collide. The general belief that there is no absolute truth...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 4, 20202 min read
God's UNfailing Love for YOU!
God is not a stranger to our mishaps in love. He sees every rejection, every betrayal, every argument, every separation. He longs for...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 26, 20202 min read
Take Your Heart to God
What we hold in our hearts, shapes us. That’s why God wants to make sure that everything we hold here, including what we hide, passes...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 10, 20192 min read
Covered!
Why do we sugar-coat sin? Are we so insecure that we have exchanged rationalization for confession? David thought he could hide an ugly...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Get Ready for Something New!
When God wants to do something new, stand back and watch a Master at work. He pairs unlimited resources with perfect timing to form...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 2, 20193 min read
Really New
"When someone asks, "What's new?" we immediately think of something we bought or changed. However, really new is beyond what we can buy...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 29, 20193 min read
Rolled Away
When the Israelites crossed the Jordan River to enter the land God promised them, it wasn’t just about giving them new land. It was...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 26, 20193 min read
Someone Cut Down My Tree!
Someone cut down my tree. It was a beautiful crepe myrtle that bloomed in the spring with fistfuls of confetti-white blossoms. I...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 22, 20193 min read
Thirsty?
How do you know when you’re thirsty? I’m not a big water-drinker. I often quip about how dehydrated my generation must have been before...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 19, 20193 min read
Friend or Foe?
Are you a friend of the cross? It depends how you respond to surrender. Crosses make more enemies than friends. It is human nature to...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 15, 20193 min read
Shielded!
Abram sat under the stars, away from conversations with his tribal compatriots, away from management responsibilities of how to move so...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 8, 20192 min read
Return to Me
We need sabbath. We need to rest from the pushy voices that make us feel less than enough. We need sanctuary where we cannot be hunted dow
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 5, 20191 min read
Ashes
Today we wear the ashes of our impotence and mortality. It is a day to remember who we are and who we are not. Today we bring our...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 27, 20193 min read
Get Ready for Lent
In this rush about, text-crazy, isolated, and often depressed and angry world we live in, the call to come away for a time to hear a...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 27, 20184 min read
Seeds of Betrayal
Betrayal is a subtle visitor . . . until it isn’t. On the night that Jesus was betrayed, only Jesus saw the darkness lurking. He had...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 20, 20184 min read
I Want to See
When our daughter began to lose sight, her world changed. Though she perceived light, the light itself blinded her because of the...
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