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Author: Matt Tullos

The Great Samaritan
Can you hear the Great Samaritan? He’s just outside your door He’s carrying the wounded We so oftentimes ignore His holy arms are holding The lonely and the lost So…

The Return Counter
It’s not often that you find yourself walking through the mall with an archangel. But that’s kind of the way dreams are: a normal day and you then- throw in…

Who Touched Me?
“You see the people crowding against you,” His disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’” i wonder if the angels ask Him that on Sundays. Jesus looks…

The Art of Pondering
"But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19b Advent is to ponder. If you don't take time to turn everything off and ponder sometime…

Don’t You Worry, Mary
Don’t you worry, Mary. Just lean into My plan.I will not leave you helpless On the way to Bethlehem.No money in your purse...No place for you to stay...But don’t you worry, Mary.I'm…

He Came for the Rest of Us
Jesus came for the wise and the strong. And He came, just as well, for the rest of us. Jesus came for the days that life seemed ordered and filled…

There is a River
The longing of our hearts the thirst of our soul When we are forsaken When our joy is taken We feel lost in the desert of dashed dreams There is…

Christmas Prayer
Lord, may we not be like the Bethlehem visitors, so busy with the day-to-day tasks that we fail to notice the presence of God. Lord, may we not be like the…