By Shewanda Riley A number of years ago, I attended the University of North Texas Equity andDiversity Conference in Denton, Texas where television journalist Soledad O’Brien was akeynote speaker. As […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Free Your Mind and Your Faith Will Follow
You either live your dreams or you live your fears. This statement from theintroduction of bestselling author Dr. Dennis Kimbro’s 2014 book The Wealth Choice that mademe stop and think. […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Show and Tell Christians
I remember show and tell assignments in school being those sometimes boringpresentations about what we did during our summer vacation. One thing was clear, the lessyou had to show, the […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Our Needs and God’s Timing
“I got hungry…you think I may have overdid it?” was the caption of a photo a friendtexted me in August a few years ago. In the picture there were 6 […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Cutting Back to Grow Forward
“I’m going to cut my cable like I cut my hair” is what I declared boldly to one of mysisters a few years ago. I was visiting my parents in […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Loving in the Red Zone – Exposure….and What’s Next
First Dr. Tony Evans then Pastor Robert Morris. This past week has been one that gavewhiplash to Christians as we heard unbelievably shocking confessions of moral failures of thesetwo well-respected […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Becoming a Fruit Inspector
By Shewanda Riley Considering our current chaotic political environment, the question that has been on my mind lately is how should Christians respond to things like the conviction of Donald […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Stay in Your Lane
By Shewanda Riley “Stay in your lane. Lane shifts.” The first time I read this sign, I was driving to San Antonio on I-35 in the summer of 2010. […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Missing Pieces
There are various ways that we end up having “missing” pieces in our lives because we mismanage, misappropriate, and misdirect. Mismanaging usually happens when we lose focus on what’s most […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Complaint or Compliant:Â The Choice is Yours
Even though I’m a fairly good writer, I’m not the best typist. This is why I’m glad that there’s spell check. Even though it’s not always perfect (my first name […]