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There is sometimes a perception that because I have been a pastor for the past 20 years and have been counseling at least as long, that I have my whole life together.

But honestly, that’s not always the case.

I struggle with many of the same things that you do, and that’s one of the reasons I write Alice at Dawn. So that we can tackle those questions together.

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Featured: Camino magic ...

Two years ago I walked part of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain with a group of friends and a group of strangers who quickly became friends. It was not a trip, it was a transformation. The Camino is an ancient pilgrimage with various routes across Europe, all leading to the Church of St. […]

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God is not a man ...

Heard this Gungor song on Spotify yesterday and thought I'd share it here ... Just enough in it to potentially offend many ... Which is what Jesus often did. And, remember who he offended most? Those in power. Those in religious power. Those who thought they were "in." Those who thought they knew who were […]

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Come to him poor and helpless ...

"If we know how great is the love of Jesus for us we will never be afraid to go to Him in all our poverty, all our weakness, all our spiritual wretchedness, and infirmity. Indeed, when we understand the true nature of his love for us, we will prefer to come to Him poor and […]

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What is the use?

This really struck me this morning ... "What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our prayer?" (Thomas Merton - Thoughts in Solitude)

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Nothing pleases the Lord more ...

"Apparently, nothing pleases the Lord more than being trusted to be good." (Frederick Dale Bruner)

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Unless you say no ...

I wonder how much our lives would improve ... how much the QUALITY of our lives would improve, if some of us said no more. Not just so we can "say no," but so we can say a really big YES to the things we are sure God is calling us to. What might your […]

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One beggar ...

"Christianity is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread." (DT Niles)

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Welcome to Alice at Dawn. My short posts are meant to be regular reminders to keep walking, to keep living, to continue to listen to the voice deep within your spirit that whispers ... this is the way. Walk in it.

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