Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 20, 20234 min read
When You Pray . . .
When the day was long, the crowds were overwhelming, the people demands unrelenting, Jesus refreshed himself by taking time to pray. He...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 7, 20233 min read
Love At All Cost
Jesus didn’t just teach about love, he loved and left us his example. However, his personification of love often went cross grain to...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
May 16, 20232 min read
How Jesus Spoke For Marriage
Imagine those sitting on the grass as Jesus teaches. Jesus takes pieces of the Ten Commandments and uses different words to talk about...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 28, 20232 min read
More Salt, Please!
Jesus reminded us that the way we live our lives is supposed to make people thirsty for God. It’s the potato chip response. You’ve...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 26, 20233 min read
The Right Side Up Life in an Upside Down World
Jesus showed us how to live as God created us to live. His teaching was like a mirror for our lives. And that’s how we must use the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 12, 20232 min read
The Upside Down, Right Side Up Call of Jesus
Do we live so far removed from the call of Jesus that we have forgotten the uniqueness of it? How personally fitted to us it is? How...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Apr 4, 20232 min read
The Power of the Cross
Jesus had just finished private conversations with his disciples about the tumultuous times they must endure. He used the story of the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 29, 20232 min read
The Meager and the Much
You know the stories of the the poor widow widow's gift and Mary's extravagant gift. We don't usually read them together because of...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Live Awake
What does it take to wake you up? What do you miss when you live in that twilight zone between sleepy and wakefulness? Jesus took Peter,...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 15, 20232 min read
List Making With God
The convicting truth we learn from Jesus is that we always have enough time to do God’s will. What did Jesus do with the time he had? He...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 8, 20232 min read
Search Me!
David asked for God to examine his heart in Psalm 139 when he asked God to search me. It made sense because God already knew what was...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Doing Without to Have More
What activities and habits prevent you from hearing God? The best way to address this is with the spiritual practice of fasting. Too...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 22, 20232 min read
For Ash Wednesday
If this journey to Easter is anything it is a journey to appreciate the difference that the breath of God makes in our lives. Without the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 7, 20234 min read
Your Personal Letter from God
When I get a text or email from someone I love, I click through immediately. I want the connection. I want the update. As I read the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Prayer Rhythms and How They Help
Prayer should be the spiritual rhythm that structures our days. We accomplish what God wants us to do in between prayer or during it. A...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Discovering Spiritual Rhythms
Spiritual rhythms help us grow spiritually. If I have a rhythm in place as a seamless part of my life, it helps me become more receptive...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Don't Take New too Seriously!
Happy New Year to all of you! But is it, really that new? Most of us return to the same routines and responsibilities we left in the old...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Dec 21, 20222 min read
Christmas in the Dark
I spent a frightening time in the hospital supporting our daughter one Christmas. She developed a heart infection that was on the brink...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Long Journeys at Christmas
The Magi receive the award for the longest journey. While no one knows exactly where the Magi started, many connect their origin to...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Waiting for Jesus
Advent reminds us that we are waiting for more than December 25. We are waiting for the world to be made right. We are waiting for an end...
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