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Book Review: Not Mere Words

May 22, 2013 — Leave a comment

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I had the privilege of purchasing a book written by Ryan Dalgliesh whom I’ve become acquainted with over the last few months on Twitter. You can follow Ryan on Twitter @ryandalgliesh. To learn more about his ministry, read his blog, or order his books, visit www.higherrock.org.

The name of the book is Not Mere Words: Igniting a Passion for Scripture, and is written by Ryan Dalgliesh, an itinerate preacher since 1997 and who pastors a church plant since 2009 in West Central Texas, where he lives with his wife Michele, and their two young sons.

The book is a little treasure of discovery of a hundred pages that packs a punch. In “no holds barred” type language, Ryan tells his readers that reading the Bible is a necessity but studying the wisdom of the Word of God is sometimes a daunting task. In this, his third published book, Ryan gives new life to the study of the Bible, showing in fresh and simple terms the power the Bible can bring.

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The Fear Knob

April 30, 2013 — 6 Comments

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I wish we could handle fear like the kind of knob pictured above.

You know, to have the ability to turn fear off or at least turn it down a little. When a sticky situation arises, we could turn the fear knob down a bit to just get through a tough time. How about when we want to pursue a dream? We could turn our fear knob completely off to get what we’ve put so much effort and work into.

Yet life doesn’t always work that way, does it? We don’t have the capability to turn our fears on and off or up and down. We can’t control what comes up in our life or whether our dreams are either fulfilled or deferred.

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Can Anger Be Good?

April 16, 2013 — 6 Comments

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I got angry the other day. Something didn’t go my way. It came almost out of nowhere. Before I knew it I found myself totally out of control. There would be no consoling me. I was too far gone.

I’ve had an extreme anger problem for what seems to be a long time now. Actually, it has been somewhat a constant companion over the years. I really don’t know where it began. Perhaps it’s a part of my personality, maybe there was an event in my past that triggered the start of it.

Everybody becomes angry at particular times.

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Q&A with Author Matt Appling

April 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

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I have the wonderful privilege of being a part of Matt Appling’s book launch team for his new book, Life After Art. Matt was featured on this blog, Living the Story (LTS), as a guest blogger earlier this week, where we ran a book giveaway contest. The winner will be announced today for one very lucky reader!

Last week I got the opportunity to interview Matt. After reading the questions and answers below, find out how you can connect with Matt on social media, as well as buy the book (and get some free stuff included in your purchase). Who doesn’t like free stuff?!

LTS: Hi Matt, let’s begin by asking, in what direction, in high school or college, did you feel God wanted you to go toward?

Matt: In high school, I became convinced that I was to head into art. I fell in love with graphic design. But by the end of college, I felt the pull toward ministry and had become somewhat disenchanted with the prospects of a design career. So right after finishing my degree in art, I pursued seminary and got my Masters of Divinity. But by the time that was complete, I really felt that God was calling me to be a bi-vocational minister, and education was what I wanted to do outside the church. And finally, God orchestrated a full circle with a job teaching art.

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3 Ways to Learn from Your Mistakes

April 2, 2013 — 4 Comments

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Mistakes.

We’ve all made them.
Some of us more than others.
Most of them we wish we could take back.

I’ve made mistakes. I continue to make mistakes. I feel at times as though I’m the chiefest of mistake-makers.

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A Very Winding Path

April 1, 2013 — 4 Comments

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NOTE FROM THOMAS: TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF FEATURING A GUEST BLOGGER AND NEW AUTHOR, MATT APPLING. MORE ABOUT MATT AT THE END OF THIS POST.

FOR A CHANCE TO WIN MATT’S AWESOME NEW BOOK, LIFE AFTER ART, ENTER THE GIVEAWAY MONITORED BY RAFFLECOPTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST!

I’ve always loved art.

From the time I was a kid, I was watching Bob Ross paint on TV and was painting right along with him.

And now, I’m an art teacher with a classroom and students of my own. And I get to share my heart with Life After Art. I am so thrilled to share with people what art really means to me (hint: it’s not really about “creativity” after all.)

So how did I get from point ‘A’ to ‘B?’ From toddler with a paintbrush to teacher?

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