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FAITH,
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Observing America: A Perspective From the Other Side

Kim Cecil

Aug 31, 2020
5 min

Observing America: A Perspective From the Other Side

We must be ruthless in these days to choose to let “perfect love drive out fear.”

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Kim Cecil

Jul 31, 2020
6 min

Knowing the Unknowable God

There is only one spotlight on the stage of my mind, and it’s on HIM, while I quite rightly fade into the background.

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Kim Cecil

Jun 29, 2020
5 min

Grace vs. Grapefruit

I cannot survive on law, like a little child. I have to grow up into grace.

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Christianity is Not a "Behavior Modification Program"

Kim Cecil

Jun 5, 2020
5 min

Christianity is Not a "Behavior Modification Program"

If Christ does not relate to me on the basis of behavior alone but on the basis of choosing to love me... then I must do the same.

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Kim Cecil

May 15, 2020
5 min

Failure and Restoration

“Do you love Me?”...What if I stopped looking at it in light of my failures, but instead in the light of who is asking the question?

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Kim Cecil

Apr 17, 2020
5 min

Redefining "Good" and "Bad"

Do you know why this Friday is good? BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD, always good. He can never, ever be anything but good.

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Kim Cecil

Mar 6, 2020
4 min

The Wilderness in Between, Part 2

Can I tackle the first line today? “I am not who I was.”

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Kim Cecil

Feb 28, 2020
4 min

The Wilderness in Between, Part 1

I am not who I was And not yet who I will be... But in the wilderness in between Will you walk with me?

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Kim Cecil

Feb 15, 2020
5 min

Rewriting Shame's Story

All of us have seasons in life of intense struggle. We go through confusion, temptation, pain. We fight addictions and dependencies. We m...

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Kim Cecil

Feb 16, 2016
3 min

Signposts

I woke up this morning rejoicing in the fact that this day seemed to be all mine. My meeting got cancelled and I had a whole glorious 18 ...

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ESSAYS ON LIFE, FAITH, & THE FIELD

ESSAYS ON LIFE,
FAITH,
& THE FIELD