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Pat Domangue is on fire for the Lord. Domangue came to faith in her thirties but has made up for lost time since then. Now the author of eight published Bible studies, Domangue is the founder of On Fire Ministries, focused on ministering to women. In this podcast, Domangue shares her faith journey from the days of trying to figure out who Jesus is, to the present when she’s teac...

I realized recently how often I pray to God in the manner of Festivus. Odd statement, I know. Festivus is a sardonic, alternate celebration during the Christmas season, popularized on the TV show Seinfeld and based on real-life events in the family of a show writer. Festivus has three unusual features: It is celebrated with an unadorned pole rather than a Christmas tree, as pict...

Grading each other's sins is a sport much older than World Cup soccer. I'm not talking about theological gradation of sin. For example, Catholics and some Protestants divide sins into mortal (inexcusable) and venial (forgivable), while other Protestants measure all sin equally as separation from God's will. I'm not arguing theology here. Instead, I'm talking about the practice o...

Perched at the very top of a hackberry tree during last year's Hill Country flood, Aaron Parsley wondered if he would get out alive and if his loved ones would survive. Within just a few moments, he and six family members had been ripped out of their vacation dwelling by raging waters. Everyone survived except his 20-month-old nephew, Clay. Parsley wrote a Pulitzer-prize winning...

Where is God for you? Or a better way to put it, where do you experience God? Many of us have found a place or activity where we experience God. It might be during worship service at a church building. A lot of people might respond how they experience God in nature or creation, even during the creative process. Some feel God's presence in prayer or meditation. Some will say they...