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2019
February	Closest Proximity And Infinite Distance
January	We Must Come To Terms With It

2018
December	The Real Beauty of an Incarnation
November	A Creature Before Its Creator
October	Turning Our Attention Outward
September	A Merry Meeting
August	The Death of a Friend
July	Awareness of the Situation
June	Why Pray?
May	Movement Full Speed Astern
April	A New Mode of Being
March	Change and Permanence
February	The Change I Most Need to Undergo
January	We Love This World Even Better

2017
December	The Turn of the Tide
November	Any One and Every One Is a Target
October	When Faith Becomes a Means
September	God Communicating His Presence
August	What Calls One Away is Better
July	First and Second Things
June	Truths Ancient and Simple
May	Our Model is Jesus
April	A New Chapter in Cosmic History
March	Lead Us Not Into Temptation
February	My Time? My Body? My Soul?
January	The Seeing Eye

2016
December	Xmas and Christmas
November	You Have Work In Hand
October	Unveiling Ourselves in Prayer
September	Enjoying Good Memories
August	The Implications of God's Love
July	Are You A "Translator"?
June	We Cannot Remain Silent
May	Being Taken "Out of Ourselves"
March	Called to Actively Serve in the Resistance
February	Love is Not Controlling
January	The Joy of Accepting God's Unexpected Gifts

2015
December	The Christmas Message of Incarnation
November	Our Choice of Friends
October	Forgiving in Difficult Situations
September	Small Sins?
August	Mistaking the Means for the End
July	The Real Gift
June	Carrying Out a Mission
May	Serving Jesus and Others in Troubling Times
April	There is No Other Stream
March	The “Hydra” of Pride
February	The Gift of Friendship Love
January	What are your Turkish Delights?

2014
December	Learning from the Christmas Animals
November	Expect Jesus to Show Up
October	Christian Scientist is Not an Oxymoron
September	Why Would God Choose to Come Down to Our Tiny Planet?
August	The Problem with Religion
July	God is Love - But What Does That Really Mean?
June	It's More Like God's Search For Man Than Man's Search For God
May	Catching the Good Infection of Christ
April	Communion with God is Real Whether Feelings Are There or Not
March	Rediscovering Our Delight in God Through the Psalms
February	God's Gift-love and Our Need-love
January	I'm Asking for Nothing but My Rights

2013
December	Christianity Makes Sense of the World
November	Stand Firm against the Theological Fads of the Day
October	Freedom in Defending the Truth of Christ
September	Assurance That God Hears and Answers Our Prayers
August	What if the best work was always done by a Christian?
July	Conquering Fear & Finding True Friendship
June	The Dangers of the Inner Ring
May	Our Vocation Encompasses All of LIfe
April	Science and Miracles Go Together
March	The Reality of Heaven and Hell
February	Charity - Loving the Unlikeable
January	To Know God is To Obey God

2012
December	Joseph Believed in the Miracle of the Virgin Birth
November	His Exhibitions of Sparkling Virtuosity
October	The American Trait of Doing vs. Being
September	The Cleansing and Transforming Power of Aslan
August	Men Without Chests
July	What if God is Alive, Not the Impersonal Life-Force of Star Wars?
June	God Created Nature - The Rational Explanation
May	God Invites Us to Enjoy Him
April	The One Grand Miracle
March	Comparing Notes - The Importance of Mutual Encouragement
February	The Risk of Love
January	Communicating "Mere Christianity"

2011
December	Three Kinds of People
November	Vague Guilt?
October	We Must Use Our Minds
September	Finding Our True Selves
August	The Unraveling of the Soul
July	The Life of the World to Come
June	The Full Treatment
May	God's Purpose for the Believer, the Church, and the Creation
April	Getting a Bigger View of Prayer
March	Preparing for Judgment Day
February	What God Wants of You
January	The Key to History

2010
December	The Transformative Potential of Pain in Our Lives
November	Loving Others
October	Why Did God Allow the Fall?
September	Using Your Head
August	Communicating Truth Through Story
July	Why Every Believer Needs Theology
June	Hindrances to Prayer
May	What Kind of Person Will You Be?
April	Sustaining Faith
March	Standing Before God
February	On Reading Old Books
January	Longing For Home

2009
December	Christmas Reflections
November	Love That Purifies and Transforms
October	Why God Continues to Meddle in Our Lives
September	Judging Others
August	Finding a Good Church
July	Faultfinding
June	What is God's Plan for Your Life?
May	The Snare of Disordered Love
April	Keeping Life in Perspective
March	Relying on Riches
February	Surrender
January	The Gift of Pain?

2008
December	The Greatest Sin
November	Half-Hearted Creatures
October	Conviction of Sin
September	Rivals to Christ in Our Hearts
August	Learning to Love
July	Where is God in the Silence?
June	The Importance of Thinking Things Through
May	The Natural Life and the Spiritual Life
April	A Dangerous Illusion
March	The Purpose of the Church
February	Rats in the Cellar of my Life
January	Growing Up Spiritually

2007
December	On Giving
November	Danger During Spiritual Dry Spells
October	Choosing Christ
September	The Subtle Attraction of the Inner Ring
August	The Problem of Evil and the Necessity of Choice
July	Must I Forgive?
June	Creating Christian Family
May	(no Reflections this month)
April	Faith or Works?
March	Sexual Purity
February	Human Sexuality
January	The Necessity of Forgiveness

2006
December	Living in Hope
November	The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ
October	Release from False Guilt
September	Are We Spiritually Bankrupt?
August	Serving God Through Study
July	Better Things Ahead
June	Pride and Prejudice
May	Now You See It, Now You Don't
April	Kingdom Substitutes
March	Feelings or Faith for Foundations?
February	Trust and Obey
January	Who am I Becoming?

2005
December	True Love
November	Caution: Christmas Ahead
October	Trials and Tribulations
September	"God" and God
August	Growing?
July	Making Sense of Our Lives
June	Unconditional Surrender
May	Trusting and Trying
April	Fix Your Hope
March	The Law of Undulation
February	An Unrecognized Danger
January	Knowing God

2004
December	What do You Desire?
November	Blessings Temporal and Spiritual
October	Ambition: Vice or Virtue?
September	Jesus Christ
August	Prayer
July	Learning to Discern
June	Looking Forward
May	Growing Through Giving
April	What Are You Helping Your Neighbor Become?
March	What Are You Becoming?
February	Something Else...
January	A Figment of the Imagination?

2003
December	Thoughts on Christmas Past
November	Living Safely with God's Blessings
October	The Privilege and Power of Prayer
September	Engaging the Process
August	Transformation in Christ
July	Humility
June	A Lovely Idea
May	The Great Sin
April	The Hard Way Or The Easy Way
March	Loving Our Neighbor
February	Loving God
January	Spiritual Health

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