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January 13, 2022
Join the 2022 Reading Challenge
As we embark on a new year I’m ready for a challenge. How about you? One of my goals for 2022 is to read more. That’s a pretty vague goal so I’ve quantified it and decided on the number of books I would like to read this year.
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November 24, 2021
How to Prepare Your Heart for Christmas
We are about to embark on a new Christmas tradition and I invite you to join us. Beginning December 1 our family will be reading through the Gospel of Luke, conveniently divided into 24 chapters, which is the perfect number to lead us up to Christmas Eve.
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November 8, 2021
How to Start with Amen
Our prayers typically end with Amen, but what if we began our prayers that way? What difference would it make?
I recently finished reading Beth Guckenberger’s book Start with Amen.
In it she says, “When I am in conversation with Jesus, I really do want my first soul steps to be, ‘Yes, so be it.… Read more
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September 29, 2021
Be at Rest
If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed.
Corrie ten Boom
If you look within, you’ll be depressed.
If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
What a great reminder in the Corrie ten Boom quote.
There is much that we could be distressed about as we look at the world.… Read more
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July 27, 2021
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Despite its simplicity, the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus ranks right up there with meatier, well-loved hymns of the faith. It gently reminds us that Jesus bears our sins, shares our sorrows, and is just a prayer away.… Read more
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June 21, 2021
Confession without an Explanation
I woke up rehearsing my confession. I was complaining about someone to my husband, Brad, the night before and knew that my actions couldn’t pass the test given to me by my mother as a child. “Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary?”… Read more
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May 11, 2021
The Difference a Day Makes
It’s hard to imagine that these pictures were taken on the same day. May 11, 2020 began cold and bleak, yet before the day was over the sky was blue, the air was warm, and there was hardly a trace of snow to be found.… Read more
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April 22, 2021
Obedient Unto Death
For Christmas a number of years ago our boys received a CD entitled Classic Poems for Boys. They loved to listen to the poetry so it was no surprise when our son Josiah decided to choose a poem from that collection for a poetry recitation contest taking place at the Christian school he was attending that year.… Read more
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March 27, 2021
The Solid Rock
In June of 2015, residents of the Millennium Tower in San Francisco received the shocking news that the 58 story building that they called home was tilting and sinking.
Most of us who have been to Sunday school are familiar with the song about the wise man who built his house upon the rock.… Read more
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January 7, 2021
Fresh Hope
It’s a new year, and with a new year comes fresh hope that things could be different this year.
When I look back on my journals from years past, the entries on January 1 all look strangely familiar. The things I desired to change ten years ago are still on my list.… Read more
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