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Praise & Shine 52: Sweeping Away Your Offenses

Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled device, has an interesting feature: it can erase everything you say. Whatever you’ve asked Alexa to do, whatever information you’ve asked Alexa to retrieve, one simple sentence, such as “Delete everything I said today”, sweeps it all clean, as if it never happened. It’s too bad that the rest of our life doesn’t have this capability. Every misspoken word, every disgraceful act, every moment we wish we could erase—we would just speak the command, and the entire mess would disappear.

There is good news, though. God does offer each of us a clean start. Only, He goes far deeper than merely deleting our mistakes or bad behavior. God provides redemption, a deep healing, that transforms us and makes us new.

Kelly Bush, E-town Independent Schools

This week we continue our talks with local superintendents about how a return to school looks for their school district. Zach Epperson speaks with the soon to be new superintendent of Elizabethtown Independent School District, Kelly Bush.

Mindful Minute: Patience

We all have situations that try our patients daily, the kids fighting and climbing the walls, being stuck on hold with customer service, painfully slow internet. When times are tough it is even harder to preserver with a good attitude. We can turn to the “Good Book” when we need help getting our minds right.