Tag Archives: Faith

Book Release: The Uninvited Companion

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Scott Shaum

The Uninvited Companion: God’s Shaping Us In His Love through Life’s Adversities is a culmination of  wresting with God and his Word through year’s of personal, physical adversity. Here is an excerpt: My Hannah-Like Prayer Moment I remember clearly a Hannah-like prayer … Continue reading →

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Toward Becoming A Father or Mother in the Faith

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Scott Shaum

What are some markers of a mother or father in the faith? I take note of John’s descriptions of three generations of believers in his first epistle: “I am writing to you, little children,     because your sins are forgiven for … Continue reading →

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Real Time Hope Amidst Real Time Life

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Scott Shaum

Ours is a Personal, Immediate God We do not promote deism – the belief in a supreme being who wound up creation then let it go on its own; a god who is aloof, passive and distant. Ours is a … Continue reading →

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Resiliency: Willingness to Sacrifice

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Scott Shaum

Everyone suffers. We are invited to sacrifice. When we add the layer of active service to others in the name of Jesus, then we must add the reality that we will experience pains in the act of that service. Somehow … Continue reading →

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Resiliency: The Backlash Boogie

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Scott Shaum

Backlash is a shocker when it happens the first couple of times. We show up with the intentions of helping in a situation and it backfires. People are not happy, in fact they resist. What’s more, what we sought to … Continue reading →

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Figuring Life Out Gives Me a Headache, and a Heartache

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Scott Shaum

Serious Research I have been doing an informal survey. It’s easy, you can do it too. Watch for all the times you and others around you make the following statement: “I have to figure this out…..” Listen for it. It can … Continue reading →

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Simple Faithfulness in Troubling Times

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Scott Shaum

Recently life has felt disorienting. I have learned that God takes me into these rather unpleasant seasons for his loving purposes. I still don’t like them. The book of Ruth is a masterfully written story that informs me in these … Continue reading →

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Our Response to The Word and Implications for Shepherding

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Scott Shaum

Does the Word Find Place in You (John 8:37)? A major theme in John’s Gospel is Jesus revealing the Father to us through the words that the Father taught the Son (8:28) and what the Son has heard (8:26) from … Continue reading →

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