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Check out these inspirational blogs from the POP Team
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Do You Miss the Good ‘Ol Days? By Lisa Burkhardt Worley, D.Min.
We are spending Labor Day Weekend with our oldest son, daughter-in-law, and grandson in my hometown of San Antonio. The San Antonio days in the 80s and 90s were exciting during my sportscasting days at the local CBS affiliate, KENS-TV. I was even recognized this weekend by a salesperson, almost 30 years after I retired…
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Better Get to Living by Onyx Conklin
“It’s hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.” That line was written by the (can I even type these words?) the late great Dolly Parton. If somehow you ended up sleeping through this month, let me let you in on a sad truth—Dolly has departed earth and gone to Heaven. Y’all (that’s the word…
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Are You Like Pinocchio? By Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley
Do you remember the childhood story of Pinocchio? Every time he told a lie, his nose grew. It’s a story I’ve never forgotten, and I wonder if it had an early impact on my life because I have always been a truth-teller and feel betrayed when someone is less than honest with me. Just like…
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A Salty Soliloquy by Onyx Conklin
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips (Psalm 141:3). Duct tape. Yup, duct tape. If you don’t think God as Creator is brilliant, you’ve never been at the mercy of a crazy emergency in the middle of a snow storm and used duct tape to patch, seal, and hold…
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It’s Not in the Bible! By Lisa Burkhardt Worley, D.Min.
Have you ever heard the phrase, “God helps those who help themselves? I’ve heard it numerous times over my lifetime, and guess what? It’s not in the Bible. God did not design us to be self-sufficient and to travel through life without community. He created marriage so two people can share life. He invented friendship…
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Deep Calls Unto Deep by Lane Jordan Burday
Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and bellows have gone over me. The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me – a prayer to the God of my life (Psalm 42:7-8 NKJV). As I am writing this…


















