Category: The Godward Life

Faith, Like a Seed: In Memoriam

18 October, 2014 Ben Palpant 5 Comments 2 categories

I worked on his tree farm for one summer when I was in junior high. He woke me early to work the property, to get sap on my clothes and to harden my hands for

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The Secret Ingredient For Gladness

20 September, 2014 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

I asked my students to close their eyes and imagine a room full of people who loved God with deep affection. Then I asked them to imagine that those same people also loved others with

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He MAKES Me Lie Down.

13 September, 2014 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 2 categories

My friend lost power to her attached garage the other day. The house had electricity, but everything powered through the garage was dead. The garage door wouldn’t open. The sprinklers didn’t work. I traced the

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One More Reason To Wake Up Excited Tomorrow!

19 August, 2014 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

    Buckle up, friends! The party’s about to begin right here at benpalpant.com. Invite your friends. Shoot, invite complete strangers if you want. There’s plenty for everyone. The fun begins tomorrow.  

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What I Wish I Knew Before I Hit Rock Bottom

2 August, 2014 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 1 category

“Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.” So wrote John Donne. I suppose he should have known. After sending five of his children and his wife into eternity and suffering

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Why Multi-Tasking Is Not A Virtue

19 July, 2014 Ben Palpant 0 Comments 3 categories

Maggie Jackson, in her book Distraction wrote, “Amid the glittering promise of our new technologies and the wondrous potential of our scientific gains, we are nurturing a culture of social diffusion, intellectual fragmentation, sensory detachment.

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