Category Archives: Peace

A Year Later …

Posted on January 29, 2021 by jberdych

It was a year ago this week when our comfortably built suburban middle-class life took a new direction. We were living out our dream in a house we loved and had recently remodeled and had plans to retire in a … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on December 31, 2020 by jberdych

Peace As the year winds down and I reflect on this year: Challenge of a pandemic Realization of a new calling Closing a treasured business and dream Selling all our belongings Leaving a nicely packaged well settled life Moving to … Continue reading →

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When God Does a “Fast Forward”

Posted on October 20, 2020 by jberdych

Most believers know that many times we are painfully waiting on God to move, as it seems, to us anyway, that He is moving too slow. Not this time. One day we make the decision to work with ROAM, in … Continue reading →

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He Has Risen…

Posted on April 16, 2017 by jberdych

…and I am forever changed. What about you? Matthew 28:6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

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Not by Might, Nor by Power . . .

Posted on February 26, 2017 by jberdych

. . . but by my Spirit says the Lord. Zechariah 4:6   So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. … Continue reading →

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Living in Fear

Posted on November 20, 2016 by jberdych

I’ve spent most of my life living in fear. Real, imagined and borrowed. The real: Crouching under the bed, scrunched in the corner as far away from the drunken belt as I can be. Fear of drowning when thrown into … Continue reading →

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Striving

Posted on November 6, 2016 by jberdych

“Quit striving” was the admonishment I received from the Lord during my sabbitical. And I’ve been pondering it since. And you might be asking why I’m pondering vs. putting into practice. It’s because I am a slow processor. And I … Continue reading →

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An Interruption in Plans

Posted on September 11, 2016 by jberdych

My solitary camping days include a walk to the lake each morning and evening. And there are benches waiting for me on either side of the lake for me to sit and watch the rising and setting sun. …Only this time … Continue reading →

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Sabbatical

Posted on September 4, 2016 by jberdych

Luke 5:16  But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Every year I take a couple of days, camping by myself in a favorite state campground not far from home. I don’t think we, in modern day America, understand … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on August 14, 2016 by jberdych

Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hope. That is my word for … Continue reading →

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