Posted on May 23, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I despise fasting. I hate the way it makes me feel: grumpy, irritable, distracted with thoughts of burgers, pizza, and ice cream when I’m trying to do something important. But most of all, it makes me feel hungry. And hunger tells me I need… Continue Reading “Choosing the Way of Hunger”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bread from Heaven, Bread of Life, Daily Bread, Eternal Life, Eternity, Fasting, Food, Going Without, Health, Healthy, Heavenly Food, Humbling My Body, Humbling Myself, Humility, Hunger, Hungry, Intermittent Fasting, Life, Manna, Nourishing, Nourishment, Regular Fasting, Spiritual Food, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Nourishment
Posted on April 11, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Grim news continues to come out of Ukraine. Mass graves are being discovered. And stories of torture and executions are multiplying. Not since World War 2 has Europe been the site of such atrocities. But now, with another apparently unhinged despot doubling down on… Continue Reading “Choosing to Hope in Resurrection”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Crucifixion, Death, Depression, Despair, Easter, Eternal Life, Eternity, fear, Fearfulness, Future Resurrection, He is Risen, Hope for the future, Hopeless, Hopelessness, imperishable body, Life, Living, Meaning of Easter, New Body, New Life, Raised from the dead, Resurrected, Resurrection Day, The Cross
Posted on November 2, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I wasn’t more than ten years old when I watched my grandfather butcher a pig. Contrary to what some might imagine, I don’t think I was emotionally damaged by it. Sure, it was gruesome and bloody. But I also remember thinking that this is… Continue Reading “Choosing to Embrace the Atonement”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Animal Sacrifice, Atonement, Bloody, Circle of Life, Cross, Crucifixion, Death, Human Sacrifice, Innocent Death, Life, Resurrection, Sacrifice, sacrificial love
Posted on September 28, 2020
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Ever wish you had someone else’s life? I have, many times. It’s easy to do when we see a friend or even a stranger buying that house or going on that vacation we always dreamed of for ourselves. Or maybe it’s that higher level… Continue Reading “Choosing Divine Life”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Abundant Life, Biblical Life, Bios, Divine LIfe, Eternal Life, God's Life, Good Life, Inner LIfe, Life, Psyche, Source of Life, Surface Life, Tree of Life, Zoe