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You Want Me to Write a Book? (Part One)
It was December 2020. The world had been in the midst of the Covid pandemic for nine months already and there was no end in sight. After...
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Feb 284 min read
"Here I Am. Send Me!"
What is your response in God's presence? Perhaps you can relate to the people of the Scottish Hebrides who experienced revival from 1949-52.
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Jan 195 min read
Gifts of God - Each and Every One
All in that one awful day in November—the prenatal diagnosis day—we received the full scope of the hopeless diagnosis followed by not...
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Nov 27, 20243 min read
Blowing Away the Fear
A 25% chance of survival with treatment. A 0% chance without. A long litany of health complications should he survive. You might want to...
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Nov 20, 20243 min read
The Day My Hopes were Shattered
As November continues (the month marking the anniversary of my prenatal diagnosis) so does my story. November 9th arrived. I was 19 weeks...
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Nov 13, 20243 min read
The Day Life as I Knew it Forever Changed
November is the anniversary of my prenatal diagnosis. I'll never forget that day—the day we’d been eagerly awaiting like children...
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Nov 3, 20243 min read
An Encounter with a Stranger
It was another gorgeous summer morning—the city awash with bright sunlight against a backdrop of blue skies. I was heading down the...
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Oct 2, 20244 min read
Who's Building Your House?
Have you ever found yourself in a period of expectancy? Of waiting? Of knowing that the Lord is going to take you into a new season of life
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Sep 24, 20242 min read
An Astonishing Invitation: Could It Be Too Good to Be True?
Imagine a grocery store advertisement that trumpets: No money? No problem! Come have whatever you like—buy without money and without...
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Feb 4, 20242 min read
A Well-Watered Life: Trusting and Flourishing in Jesus
Every time I visit my husband's native land of Brazil, I marvel as my eye beholds its lush vegetation at every turn. Have you ever seen a...
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Jan 25, 20242 min read
My Big Comfy Couch: Nothing Better than Spending Time with Jesus
The Big Comfy Couch was a children's show that first aired in 1992. I was a little too old for it, but I remember the commercials—the...
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Jan 18, 20242 min read
Last Night I Witnessed a Miracle: God Is Still in the Business of Answering Prayer
Last night I witnessed a miracle. No one was healed from an incurable disease or rose from the dead, but it was a miracle nonetheless....
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Jan 10, 20243 min read
Complete Confidence in the Face of Fear
Do you remember Prince Caspian, the movie based on the fourth book in the Narnia series? Well into the film, the Narnians, under the...
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Jan 3, 20242 min read
In What (or Whom) Do You Trust?
Years ago a friend and his family came over for dinner. As we sat around the table sharing food and conversation, the wooden chair he was...
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Dec 27, 20232 min read
Mary: First-Century Feminist or Submissive Servant?
A few weeks ago, we took our kids to watch a much-anticipated new movie of the Christmas story. We found our seats, dug into paper bags...
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Dec 20, 20232 min read
Joseph: An Unsung Hero
When I was in kindergarten, I received a sweet little book called, Thank You, God for Christmas. Each page of the story thanks God for...
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Dec 13, 20232 min read
The Game of Life: What's it All About?
Do you remember that board game, The Game of Life? The game where you made your way around the twists and turns of the board, obtaining a...
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Oct 4, 20232 min read
A Place of Belonging: Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Do you remember the theme song to the sitcom “Cheers” for those of us who are old enough? I was young when the show was on and all I...
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Sep 12, 20233 min read
My Cancer Story, Part 1: My Worst Fears Were Realized
This is the day my worst fears were realized. Four years ago today. The day I found out that I had cancer—June 26, 2019, the day before...
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Jun 26, 20233 min read
More Encouragement for Overwhelmed Moms
Do you remember when your kids were little? Those years from newborn to preschooler? When the days were long and you wondered how you’d...
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Jun 23, 20234 min read
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