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Dr. Deanna Shrodes

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The Secret to Making  Bad Things Work For You

The Secret to Making
Bad Things Work For You

The biggest choice people often throw away is the choice to lead themselves. How often do other people make a choice that negatively affects you, and you respond by doing something that hurts YOU even worse?  I've done it too many times to count. One of the worst...

Redemption Isn’t by Accident

Redemption Isn’t by Accident

My friend Judi and I were having a deep conversation one day about redemption and the importance of partnering with God to allow Him to redeem even the most painful circumstances in our lives. Judi said something I had never thought of before, and it immediately...

I Don’t Care How Gifted You Are.  How Do You Love?

I Don’t Care How Gifted You Are.
How Do You Love?

I know a church where a family that are members of the church treat people in an unloving way. They cause drama on a day to day basis as well as problems in situations  like church business meetings. They are the biggest gossips in the church. Down through the years,...

Have Your Gifts Become an Idol?

Have Your Gifts Become an Idol?

  It was a sad day in my pastoral journey years ago when I had to ask a musician on a worship team I led to step off of the church worship team for a season due to a moral failure. He became angry and responded with, “This is my way of worshipping God. How am I...

Is There a Gift in Depression?

Is There a Gift in Depression?

This week I was having a talk with my oldest son, Dustin, and we were discussing a friend who is so intelligent, we believe they most likely score high enough to get into Mensa. I mentioned that the friend is indeed brilliant and I wish for their sake that they didn't...

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