Lana Christian
Go Beyond
Grab your favorite brew and visit a few minutes with Encouragement from Living History. That sums up my blog: thoughts grounded in the Bible, sprinkled with interesting tidbits from history, all applied to life today. Readers say, “I learn something new every time I read your blog.” Here’s an open invitation to sit a few minutes now and come back often to share your thoughts.
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A week ago, God protected me from a terrible accident….
Hamilton Wright Mabie said there’s “no pause in the march of the universe on New Year’s Eve,” yet “no man has quite the same thoughts on this evening” as on other nights….
Those of us who live in the United states are on the cusp of a monumental election. It’s hard to rise above the rhetoric. But it’s important to keep listening to God’s voice, for He has much to say about power and pride….
Occasionally the media trumpets an “overnight success.” An actor triumphs in a critically acclaimed performance. An athlete catapults from nowhere to notoriety. We love those stories….
We don’t change mountains. Mountains change us.…
In my early grade-school years, Barbies and board games were rainy-day entertainment staples. But I wasn’t fond of Monopoly….
Have you ever been so frustrated or desperate that you threw up your hands and yelled, “Deliver me”?…
A few weeks ago, I learned something new about limits….
My heart broke when an author friend recently posted a raw question on social media. To paraphrase: “Do prayers still work when you say, ‘you don’t seem to give a %&#* about me, but I’ll ask for [intervention] for [someone else]’?”…
Author Maya Angelou said, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take … but by the moments that take our breath away.” That’s a good way to sum up the Apostles’ experience during the fifty days between Easter and Pentecost….
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