Real Stories

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Addicted in Black River Falls

Their house had burned to the ground. They were living in a shack. They had every reason NOT to invite us for lunch. But they couldn't help themselves.

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Leap to Freedom

Freedom involves risk. The three illustrations of service for God--fishing, farming, and fighting--are not for the risk-averse. But here's a story that shows freedom will also inspire others.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

War Wounds

Wounds are history frozen in time. My grandfather's war wounds told me of his sacrifice. But Jesus' wounds tell me something else.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

The Gift or the Gavel

We don’t often think of ourselves writing a true-life autobiography each day, but we are. Standing in the shadows is the Editor-in-Chief. He gets a say in the twists and turns of the storyline. The red-letter days happen when our...

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Monday, May 26, 2025

Top Speed to Nowhere

Don't live life so fast that you learn everything about nothing, do everything but what's important, and rush right past God's purpose, pleasures, and presence. Subscribe for Taste & See weekday emails: uplook.org/meditations-email-subscription/ Taste & See Podcast: uplook.org/podcast/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/uplook

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Love Waiting at the Other End

It's hard to say goodbye to those who love us. But imagine people waiting for us with love at our next destination. That's Jesus' idea.

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Friday, May 9, 2025

My Friend Psycho

Beaten. Broken. Bitter. The hard road had made him so hard, even his fellow prisoners called him "Psycho." What could Christ do with a wreck like that?

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Friday, May 2, 2025

An Open Door

Imagine a Canadian, living in the U.S., but visiting in Northern Ireland. There he is invited by a stranger into his home in a city across the border in the Republic of Ireland, to speak to a roomful of people...

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Friday, April 25, 2025

Burning & Breaking: Handle With Care

It's true the Bible can comfort and console. But early on Tim found out it had power to consume and crush as well.

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