Christian Writer Author:
Church On The Mountain
Location:
California
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United States
Email:
Paulafriedrichsen@live.com
Website:
www.churchonthemountain.org
 Church on the Mountain is a non- denominational church that has been serving the Crowley, Bishop, Mammoth and June area for over 30 years. Our Sunday morning service consists of a vibrant worship time, practical teaching from the Scripture, and times of prayer and personal ministry. Additionally, we have a Christian School called Crowley Christian Academy, a retreat center called The Father’s Heart Lodge, a wonderful ministry to Mexico called To Mexico with Love, and new ministries starting all the time.
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Mountain View - A Different View by Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
While visiting my folks in the Los Angeles area, I passed by a condominium construction site. The almost-finished condos were being built on the side of a mountain and promised panoramic views of the San Fernando Valley. As I drove past, I imagined how delightful it would be to sit on one of those sundecks, sipping morning coffee and enjoying the expansive vista from that vantage point.
But as
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Mountain View - The Missing Years by Pam Payne
Christian Column
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Jesus Christ
Fiction: False
The missing years…
As Christmas drew near, I began to wonder what Jesus was like as a child. My grandson is near the same age Jesus would have been when the Magi arrived to worship him. I’m sure that’s what prompted these thoughts.
Scripture gives us a clear picture of Jesus’ birth in a stable, and gives us a glimpse of what Mary and Joseph went through leading up to it. The fact that it
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Mountain View - A Heart for Ministry By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Women in Ministry
Fiction: False
“Oh that we might be fired with a loving ambition to be the disciple whom Jesus loved,
leaning on Jesus’ bosom!” ~ Charles Spurgeon
The women’s ministry team at our church is impassioned about the women we serve. We long to know the needs of our women! We need to know in what ways they are hurting. In what ways we can serve them, love them, and point them toward a deeper and more authe
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Mountain View - And On The Seventh Day He Rested By Pam Payne
Christian Column
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Creation
Fiction: False
“And on the seventh day He rested.” To most Americans, these six words are familiar. This Scripture from the book of Genesis states plainly how God ended his six days of creation.
I’m sure some of you, like me, marvel at the imagination of God, but nothing brings me to worship quite like it.
Genesis 1:3-8 says, “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that it was g
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Mountain View - Finding God’s Peace in Rocky Times By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
When I was pregnant with my youngest child it was discovered that we had Rh-factor incompatibility. My blood type is Rh negative, and hers is not, and somehow a very small amount of her blood crossed over into my system. This made for a difficult pregnancy which involved constant monitoring by a neo-natal specialist, and eventually an in-utero blood transfusion in the seventh month of gestation.
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Mountain View - Missing Summer Storms By Pam Payne
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
I grew up in the Midwest, Oklahoma City to be exact, right in the middle of tornado country, and there, Spring always announced itself in the very same way.
Late in the afternoons the horizon would grow dark as blue black clouds bellowed and burped their way across the sky. I have vivid memories of watching them roll in and knowing their power. My heart would beat faster as anticipation, fear,
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Mountain View - Real Joy By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Joy
Fiction: False
While I was at the beauty shop a few months back I picked up a one of those cheesy Hollywood magazines to pass the time. Did you know that Cameron Diaz works out one and a half hours every day! The article was accompanied by an expansive layout of pictures showing Cameron coming out of an L.A. fitness center looking cute, tanned, and happy. Tall and beautiful she strides toward her luxury car with
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Mountain View - Receiving from God By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Bible Teaching
Fiction: False
Have you ever struggled to receive something from God? Maybe you read in the Bible that God desires to heal the sick, or provide for material needs, or bring restoration to broken relationships. You’ve seen His promises clearly in His Word, but sometimes you feel like you’re standing just outside the door…never quite able to fully enter into all He has for you.
I’ve felt that way before too. C
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Mountain View - Abba Father By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Recently I was at a local ice cream shop where a noisy drama was being played out between a mom, dad, and two adorable little red-headed girls. One of the girls was sitting quietly at a picnic bench with her mommy, happily licking her cone—while the other was squirming, crying, and screaming in her father’s arms. She was having a tantrum and doing it justice, for sure! And as I walked by smiling s
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Mountain View - The House That Smiles By Ed Tandy McGlasson
Christian Article
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
I read an article this week on Google Answers from a young girl who asked: “Does my dad like me? And what can I do?” She writes, “I’m really confused about my dad. I’m not even sure if he likes me. He always talks about the kids he teaches kayaking to and forgets about me. And if I ask him to take me kayaking, he always thinks up of some lame excuse of why he can’t. A few days ago he even said t
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Mountain View - Six Days with Corra By Ed Tandy McGlasson
Christian Column
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Love
Fiction: False
Something happened this week that I just have to share with you. It contrasts against the fuss that the liberal media made about Tim Tebow’s commercial during the Super Bowl. The commercial wasn’t a diatribe against abortion as many expected. It was about a mother’s choice to have a baby, even when she had been told the baby needed to be aborted because of her medical complications. The parents pr
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Mountain View - Out of Darkness By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
On a deeply cloudy morning in 1975 I sat waiting…highly anticipating my very first airplane ride. My parents and siblings had driven home the week before from my Aunt Sharon’s ranch in Oregon, but I was given the opportunity to stay an additional week and fly home by myself.
I found Oregon a nice place to visit with one exception; it had been overcast, rainy and dreary for our entire stay. By
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Mountain View - Road Trip! By Leyla Williams
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Do you remember ski trips, or long drives to visit family that meant jumping in the car and settling in for a drive that you expected would be an adventure? Sometimes these trips included people you didn’t know yet. Every year I went on ski trips with a mix of people that I knew, and plenty I did not. Confined for a distance in a car with people that you don’t know very well, when you first click
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Mountain View - Roller Coaster Faith By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Two years ago I woke up with my very first migraine headache. It turned out to be the first of many, many migraines to come. Thus began a journey which has required fortitude, courage, faith, and the expertise of several gifted doctors. I’ve had my ups and downs, and I’ve grown as a person throughout this ordeal. Honestly I would have to write a book to tell you all the lessons of the journey—but
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Mountain View - Parking Lot Panic By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
This summer my daughter and I decided to take a girl’s trip and one of our stops was Sea World in San Diego. It’s unusual for me to take a vacation without my husband—and after you read about my ridiculous parking adventure, you’ll realize how much I rely on him. Here’s how the day went:
After a quick breakfast at our hotel Lovely Daughter and I jumped in the car and drove over to Sea World. W
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Mountain View - The Future Looks Bright! By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
God has a bright future for you—one that is full of promise, full of hope, and full of healing! He has plans to restore your broken relationships, fulfill your desires, and open doors for ministry. He wants to free you from addictions; to heal your heart from the hurts you’ve endured; and to liberate you from any bondage you may find yourself in. God understands you and loves you. He forgives you
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Mountain View - Baking Soda for the Spirit By Leyla Williams
Christian Column
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
I have been sick this week and in a panic to get better, so I looked up remedies that could aid a speedy recovery. One remedy was to gargle with baking soda and warm water to heal a sore throat. Apparently baking soda helps get your body back in balance. It actually did work, and it made me think of how the Bible is the balancing agent for our Spirit. Each hour I would stand by the kitchen sink wi
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Mountain View - Rules to Live By, By Pam Payne
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
The Solomonic kingdom of the tenth century B.C. is referred to as a golden age of peace, prosperity, and international prestige for Israel. It is also said that the wisdom of King Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
To live in a time of prosperity and peace under the rule of such a successful and wise king must have been a wonderful thing for
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Mountain View - Rock Creek with My Man By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Yesterday my husband Jeff and I took a long hike up at Mosquito Flats (above Rock Creek Lake). This is one of our favorite hikes, and took us about 3 hours round trip. The fall colors were spectacular; the meandering streams we passed crystal clear; and the temperature a balmy 80 degrees. The cloudless blue sky was a gorgeous backdrop to the jagged mountain peaks, which were reflected in each perf
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Mountain View - Lock Up By Leyla Williams
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
My friends left for the week and asked a neighbor to feed their cat. The wife gave instructions to “go on in, we leave our door unlocked”. Unknowingly, the husband gave contradicting instructions for his employee to “please lock up every night after returning the tools”. Faithfully the employee locked up at five each evening. Faithfully the lady that was to feed the cat came at six. Perplexed but
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Mountain View - Healing for Good By Launa Strickland
Christian Column
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
I used to believe that being sick was a sign of weakness–almost a moral failure. I was proud of myself because I rarely ever got sick. Then I got really sick!
Four years ago I developed allergies that caused chronic sinus infections. I tried everything to cure it but nothing worked. I ended up relying on daily doses of cold & sinus medication with extra ibuprofen. I also needed antibiotics two
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Mountain View - Perseverance By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
One may go a long way after one is tired. ~ French Proverb ~
There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to get down to the serious business of getting the gold out of the mine. All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened. The
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Mountain View - A Father’s Gifts By Pam Payne
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
Yesterday my daughter gave me a picture of my grandson Jude. I had forgotten all about it. It showed him reaching out to touch a little horny toad. Seeing that picture made me smile in surprise because I remembered how much I loved horny toads. I grew up chasing and catching them as a child in Oklahoma, and had not seen one in over 35 years. That reminder also made me think of the other times God
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This Season, Celebrate REASON! By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Faith
Fiction: False
There is a brand new billboard right outside of the Lincoln Tunnel which reads, “You KNOW it's a Myth—This Season, Celebrate REASON!” The picture depicts a traditional nativity scene. The billboard was paid for by the organization “American Atheists” and it cost a reported $20,000. It’s scheduled to remain up throughout the holidays.
According to their website, American Atheists aim at putting
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Mountain View - More of Him By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Remember the movie The Hiding Place which tells the true story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family’s attempt to hide Jewish refugees from the Nazi occupiers of Holland during WWII. There’s a scene when Corrie is a little girl and asking her father about death. Her Dad’s explanation is a classic. He said, “Corrie, when we travel by the train, when is it that I give you your ticket?” Little Corrie an
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Mountain View - 2011: The Year of Living Dangerously By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Have you read the story of the birth of Jesus in the books of Matthew or Luke? If you haven’t, you should! It’s a story full of mystery, danger, risk, and fear. In the narrative we read about dramatic dreams from God, terrifying angelic encounters, and perilous escapes. And Jesus’ birth isn’t the only Bible story full of intrigue and risk….just think about David and Goliath, Daniel in the lion’s d
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Mountain View - Afraid of Change By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
My favorite coffee house has a porcelain coffee cup on the counter that has a sign on it; “If you are afraid of change feel free to leave it here.”
Effective in garnering tips no doubt, but it’s also sadly all too true. We are afraid of change, but why?
I recently read the 2010 Barna Research Group’s annual assessment of American Christianity, and the overall picture is that nothing much h
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Mountain View - Control Freak By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
I’m a bit of a control freak. But I’m not nearly as bad as I used to be…. Here’s why:
About ten years ago my family and I enjoyed a fantastic two-week vacation to Maui. Overall it was a lovely trip, but one incident—a kayaking adventure—stands out as a miserable experience in which God taught me an important lesson.
When my husband and I were planning this vacation we decided to book some ac
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Mountain View - Breakthrough By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Do you know anyone who isn’t going through a difficult time right now financially? I sure don’t! But there is something interesting I’m seeing in the midst of all these hard times; there are a remarkable number of people I know who are actually saying that they are grateful to the Lord for their present struggles. They recognize that God is working deeply in their lives and bringing about signific
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Mountain View - Happy Valentines Day By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Holidays
Fiction: False
Ah Valentines Day… the day of romance, love, and appreciation, right?
Well… it should be. But in all reality Valentines Day has become just another commercialized bonanza of buying. The media fosters unrealistic expectations when it comes to the way men and women express their love on Valentines Day. Watch a few dozen Zales commercials and you’ll likely be anticipating a candlelit dinner where
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Mountain View - Encourage Yourself in the Lord By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
We all need encouragement from time to time when the journey of life seems just too trying. Sometimes we will find the hope we need when the Lord sends another along our path to speak words of life to us. But many times God is waiting to see if we will take advantage of all that he has given us, to encourage ourselves!
Some days I get up excited about the day before me. I’m feeling happy, insp
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Mountain View - Play the Hand Your Dealt By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Play the hand your dealt. I'm sure we've all heard that phrase before. I believe it's a saying taken from card playing, meaning just play the cards you've got in your hand instead of always waiting for the better hand. Sometimes we wait for true happiness, productivity, and fulfillment to come after…. After we get that perfect job; After we find that perfect mate; After we have those perfect littl
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Mountain View - Play the Hand Your Dealt By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Play the hand your dealt. I'm sure we've all heard that phrase before. I believe it's a saying taken from card playing, meaning just play the cards you've got in your hand instead of always waiting for the better hand. Sometimes we wait for true happiness, productivity, and fulfillment to come after…. After we get that perfect job; After we find that perfect mate; After we have those perfect littl
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Mountain View - Play the Hand Your Dealt By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Play the hand your dealt. I'm sure we've all heard that phrase before. I believe it's a saying taken from card playing, meaning just play the cards you've got in your hand instead of always waiting for the better hand. Sometimes we wait for true happiness, productivity, and fulfillment to come after…. After we get that perfect job; After we find that perfect mate; After we have those perfect littl
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Mountain View - Play the Hand Your Dealt By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Play the hand your dealt. I'm sure we've all heard that phrase before. I believe it's a saying taken from card playing, meaning just play the cards you've got in your hand instead of always waiting for the better hand. Sometimes we wait for true happiness, productivity, and fulfillment to come after…. After we get that perfect job; After we find that perfect mate; After we have those perfect littl
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Mountain View - Play the Hand Your Dealt By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Play the hand your dealt. I'm sure we've all heard that phrase before. I believe it's a saying taken from card playing, meaning just play the cards you've got in your hand instead of always waiting for the better hand. Sometimes we wait for true happiness, productivity, and fulfillment to come after…. After we get that perfect job; After we find that perfect mate; After we have those perfect littl
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Mountain View - Ruts By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
My brother-in-law, Tig, told me a story about his recent elk hunting trip in Colorado. His hunting party was driving down a mountain dirt road when it began to rain. They continued traveling as the dirt turned to mud, and found that they had gotten stuck in the ruts of those that had gone ahead of them. At that point they had no choice but to go forward. No turning left or right because the ruts h
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Mountain View - Be Yourself By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
I love to cook. I have always loved to cook, even as a child. My mother tells about forcing my older sisters to endure my many unique culinary creations—not allowing them to complain in my presence. She would give them “the look” as I came proudly to the dinner table with a curious dessert consisting of green Jell-o mixed with raisins, sunflower seeds, and grapes. And because of that look they pic
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Mountain View - Advance! By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
One of my favorite family photographs was taken years ago at an amusement park. We were at the top of a ride called Splash Mountain and the picture was taken just as we were starting our harrowing decent. Disneyland cleverly designed an automatic camera, positioned at the scariest part of the ride to take a photo of the unsuspecting riders just after they crest a huge hill and are plummeting strai
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Mountain View - Pavers of Faithfulness By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:3&4)
I have found that great blessing follows “faithfulness”. Faithfulness is putting your trust in the Lord and doing good, even when you don’t feel like it. To “cultivate” faithfulness means to sow, develop or improve faithfulnes
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Mountain View - The Audacity of Favor By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
I’m not sure why, but the Lord is often portrayed as, “Jesus, the meek and mild”? Perhaps it’s the misinterpreting of the story of his birth as being cutesy? Maybe it was His silence at the trial that condemned Him to death, thereby fulfilling the prophecy that “He was like a lamb led to the slaughter”? Yet, that characterization just doesn’t jive with an incident we see of Him in His hometown
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Mountain View - Reach for the Fruit By Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
God has good gifts to give his children. He has more of Himself and His presence to shower upon us, if we will reach for it. I believe He is waiting on us to expand our vision and truly believe that with God all things are possible. On the inside cover of my Bible I have written a phrase the Lord spoke to me years ago; “Conceive higher, believe higher, receive higher”. That phrase has motivated me
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Mountain View - Ruth and Naomi by Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Her name meant “pleasant” but when she came back to her hometown after a disastrous absence she insisted that everyone call her “bitter”.
Ten years earlier, when Naomi and her husband left Bethlehem their hopes were high… they had fallen on hard times and thought the grass would be greener in Moab.
Unfortunately, their situation got much worse. Naomi’s husband died, and then in the course o
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Mountain View - The Possibility of Change By Tom Hovespian
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
Transformation or “metamorphoo”, in the original Greek tense, indicates a work done but continues into the future. This is the norm for God’s people. As II Corinthians 3:17-18 so beautifully states (and I liberally interpret):
“We were slaves once and by the Spirit of God are now free. Free to be totally changed from our old ways of living into the new way of life exemplified by Jesus Christ Hi
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Mountain View -Take It Off the Shelf by Paula Friedrichsen
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
In my kitchen I have a cabinet that holds all of my vitamins, minerals and specialized health foods. These shelves hold such things as vitamin C, multi-vitamins, fish oil soft-gels, calcium, and magnesium. In addition to these, I also have a jar of flaxseed, a ziplock bag of oat bran, and a canister of wheat germ. All of these things promote good health if I take them off the shelf and make an eff
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Mountain View - Hope that Brings Healing - by Kathie Griner
Christian Column
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
In 2009 I was preparing to go with my husband, Tom Griner to Africa. It had been a couple of years since I’d had the opportunity to go, and frankly since our ministry started around 12 years ago I had not been able to go very often. Although I loved going to Africa, it was important for me to hold down the fort while Tom went, and to take care of my own children. I personally never wanted to let m
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Mountain View - Broken Merchandise By Tom Hovsepian
Christian Column
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
Everybody loves an underdog. How about those 2004 Red Sox as they faced their formidable nemesis the Yankees in the American League Championship Series down 3 games to 0. The Sox came back, winning 4 straight games, a feat no other major league team has ever done. They then went on to break the dreaded “Bambino’s Curse”, that 86 year World Series victory drought, ever since they traded Babe Rut
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