The Life Changing Gift You’re Looking For

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Tired of buying ties, sweaters, and garden gnomes? If you’re not sure what to buy your friends for Christmas, I’ve got great news! A Small Cup of Light is now available in paperback, hardback, and

One Of My Biggest Life Misconceptions

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I have periodically given authority figures in my life reason to say, “Ben, do your duty.” We’ve all heard similar exhortations before. I certainly heard it more as a young man than I hear it

A New Year’s Prayer

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Give us, O God, a living faith in a living God. Encounter us vibrantly, vigorously, valiantly, and face to face. Even in our varied sufferings, in our griefs and infirmities, give us a living faith

Why You Should Laugh At My Funeral

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I attended a funeral a few years ago for a dear old lady who was rather like a grandmother to me. Something stopped me in my tracks when I entered the sanctuary. I heard laughter.

Loose And At Large

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December in my neck of the woods is the time for hot chocolate, fires in the hearth, snow hats, and Christmas lights. It is the month during which we all pray for snow which, when

The Best Kind Of Knowledge

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“A little knowledge of God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge about him.” –JI Packer, Knowing God benpalpant.com – life re-imagined

A Birthday Wish

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“God save me from this, my daily grind: the intemperate racing of my mind. Deliver me from lusts that lay waste: flesh, peace, praise, and haste. Hatched into life beneath an opal sky, Give me

What Makes Life Worthwhile

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“What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance; and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For