Monthly Archives: June 2015

Galatians 5

Posted on June 30, 2015 by David N. Walker

In the fifth chapter of Galatians, Paul deals with the problem of legalism in the church there. A lot of the recently converted Jews were telling the Galatians that they still had to live under the law, most specifically that … Continue reading →

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Dylann Roof

Posted on June 26, 2015 by David N. Walker

On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof single-handedly changed history. The immediate and obvious results of his actions were the deaths of nine people and the injuries of many more. That was a horrible tragedy, and I can’t imagine that anyone … Continue reading →

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Family

Posted on June 23, 2015 by David N. Walker

Sunday was both Father’s Day and my 22nd anniversary. Both of these events got me to thinking about family. I believe one of God’s greatest blessings is the families we are born into or acquire. Speaking of acquired family, I … Continue reading →

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Facts You Need to Know

Posted on June 19, 2015 by David N. Walker

Since I never brag about my home state, you may not be aware that I’m a Texan, born and raised here. In case you have the misfortune of not being a Texan and wonder what makes us so proud of … Continue reading →

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Receiving Love

Posted on June 16, 2015 by David N. Walker

Four or five years ago, I was sitting at Kristen Lamb’s kitchen table trying to come up with a name for this blog site. Along the way, she suggested calling it Where the Heart Is. Since then, I’ve had two … Continue reading →

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Critiquing Versus Brainstorming

Posted on June 12, 2015 by David N. Walker

The first two writers’ groups I belonged to were traditional critique groups. We would bring up to five pages of text from our WIP and read those pages to the group when it was our turn. We would also print … Continue reading →

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A Gift from God

Posted on June 9, 2015 by David N. Walker

When we think of gifts from God, we tend to think in terms of money or houses or cars or other such “things.” Sometimes we get beyond these things and think about the gift of health. Today, I want to … Continue reading →

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Texas Floods

Posted on June 5, 2015 by David N. Walker

A quotation attributed to Mark Twain says that everyone always talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. Of course, the scaremongers of global warming think they can do something about it, but that’s not our … Continue reading →

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Thanking God for Atrial Fibrillation

Posted on June 2, 2015 by David N. Walker

For years now I’ve been preaching that we should thank God for flat tires. We all find it easy to thank Him for what we consider blessings, but we should thank Him for ALL things—whether we see and understand them … Continue reading →

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