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Jerod Starkey
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Why it’s Good
I remember being young and thinking ‘What’s good about Jesus dying? Why do we call it Good Friday when it’s so sad?’ I hadn’t had the...
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Jerod Starkey
Mar 25, 20211 min read
New Man
3 years ago today I was a different man. I had just been released from jail and was facing the hardest battle of my life. I remember the...
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Jerod Starkey
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Normalize The Spiritual: The Mind
We’ve done this thing to separate our mind/thoughts and our spiritual selves. We’ve put logic and thought patterns in one box, and put...
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Jerod Starkey
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Normalize the Spiritual: What about Demons?
Demons are popular. At least in the movies. Who can forget The Exorcist series or the myriad of other possession based films. It’s a...
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Jerod Starkey
Feb 8, 20212 min read
Normalize The Spiritual: Make Space
Iced in. Quarantined. And I have a problem. I don’t know how to be bored. I think we’re all bad at being bored in today’s world. ...
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Jerod Starkey
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Normalize The Spiritual: God Still Speaks
Normalize the Spiritual: God Still Speaks The nature of the God of the Bible is to reveal Himself to us. From the very beginning, God...
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Jerod Starkey
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Normalize the Spiritual
We love spiritual stuff, or at least the idea of being spiritual ourselves. Movies and TV Shows about the spiritual realm and the...
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Jerod Starkey
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Eyes of Hope
Today, I thought I’d let the words of my daughter (11) speak. Her words remind me that, as parents, there’s no greater joy and nothing of...
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Jerod Starkey
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Tit for Tat
God pummeled me last night with a simple phrase, “Your wife doesn’t owe you anything.” God 1. Jerod 0. Our small group has been talking...
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Jerod Starkey
Dec 20, 20201 min read
Happy Place
This is my happy place. What’s your happy place? — I’ve been on the struggle bus a little lately because my happy place has been more...
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Jerod Starkey
Dec 7, 20202 min read
From Comparison to Contentment
Comparison is the enemy of joy. We’ve heard the quote many times that’s often attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. (Remember when presidents...
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Jerod Starkey
Nov 16, 20202 min read
Backwards
Sometimes I think we’ve just got it all backwards. The crux of our faith is a man laying down His life for undeserving people. It’s the...
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Jerod Starkey
Nov 5, 20202 min read
What You Do Matters
You create a culture when you do what you do. Intentionally or unintentionally, you’re making an atmosphere around you as you go about...
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Jerod Starkey
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Control is an Illusion
Control is the opposite of faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. In rehab i learned i truly can’t control others. I can’t...
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Jerod Starkey
Oct 21, 20202 min read
But Even If He Doesn't.
I want the ‘even if he doesn’t’ kind of faith found in Daniel 3. When faced with a fiery demise, I want the faith that says “My God is...
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Jerod Starkey
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Fear Isn't The Problem
The problem is that we fear the wrong thing(s). The problem is that we choose to be influenced by the wrong kind of fear. Recently, I’ve...
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Jerod Starkey
Oct 5, 20202 min read
What Did You Expect?
A counselor once told me that my expectations were future disappointments...and it made me angry. I thought to myself, ‘What?!?! I can’t...
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Jerod Starkey
Sep 21, 20202 min read
Who Are You?
How do you answer the question? What modifiers come to your mind when you attempt to define yourself? If you’re like me, the first one...
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Jerod Starkey
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Enthroned
At the beginning of the year, I felt God nudging me to write. I kept hearing “Spend time with me and your pen and your journal”. I felt...
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Jerod Starkey
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Heaviness
Inexplicable heaviness. It’s covering our country. It’s palpable in our churches. It nags at you in the dark as you try to sleep. It...
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