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[A brief word before you read: This reflection is not my usual weekly Nudging. It’s a quiet response to a recent public disclosure involving a well-known Christian voice—one that has stirred grief, questions, and reflection for many. I offer it not as commentary or conclusion, but as a quiet reflection—shared in humility and hope.] The…
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Sadly, many of us would not pray if we weren’t driven to our knees. — Ben Patterson I’ve walked with the Lord for more than forty years. I share that not as a credential, but as context. I felt called into ministry in my twenties. I was ordained. I preached and taught. I led worship,…
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[On this New Year’s Eve, I wanted to share a piece I wrote years ago. May it be an encouragement as you step into the new year.] My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. —Psalm 108:1 (NIV) There are some things you understand early in life…
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![This Tree [A Christmas Poem]](https://ryanmroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/tree-reduced.jpg?w=596)
Here is a picture of our Christmas tree,and it may be, that it means nothing to you,but to me . . . It was adorned by hands that I love, love, love,and is topped by a star of promise from above. The ornaments that fill the branches and boughs,hold stories that range from then until…
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We have a list of Christmas shows we like to watch in the month of December, and a few days ago we watched my favorite—It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve seen it scores of times. But this time, something at the very beginning caught my attention. Early in the film, when the angels are talking about…
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“Now I finally know the real meaning of Christmas.” I’ll never forget the Christmas Eve my family and I spent with our friend Jaeyoung in Daejeon, South Korea. It was a cold, snowy night—just the way Christmas Eve is supposed to be—and we walked from our apartment to Jaeyoung’s restaurant for dinner. The restaurant was…
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“He withdrew to the district of Galilee.”—Matthew 2:22, NIV Matthew slips this line into the Christmas story right after Joseph brings Mary and the young Jesus back from Egypt. Warned in a dream not to return to Judea—because Herod’s son was now ruling there—Joseph takes his little family north, back to Galilee. Galilee. An ordinary…
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But Saul, who was also called Paul… – Acts 13:9, ESV You know the tune—you can probably hum it without trying. Amazing Grace has been sung for nearly 250 years, and behind those familiar words stands a man—John Newton—who was blind in ways he couldn’t even recognize. A slave trader. Hardened. Adrift. Spiritually lost… yet…
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Hi Friends, As December begins, the lights appear — and so does the Light our hearts quietly long for. In these early days of Advent, I’m reminded how the Lord often meets us in simple, unexpected ways… sometimes as quietly as the glow of lights on a tree. Below is a reflection from Nudgings that…
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Hi Friends, For Thanksgiving, I wanted to reach back into the pages of Nudgings and share a chapter from the book titled “I’m Thankful.” I hope it speaks to your heart today. *** I’m Thankful Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God.—Psalm 50:14, NLT The other day at work, I passed a colleague in the hall…
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