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› Read more: The Best Ten Minutes of My Week
The Best Ten Minutes of My Week
Scott Van Pelt does a segment on his sportscasting show called “The Best Thing I Saw Today.” If I were…
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› Read more: Let Loneliness Lead You to the Faithful Friend
Let Loneliness Lead You to the Faithful Friend
Underneath the noisy newsfeeds and behind the flowery photo opps with lovely lattes, many women are living what Thoreau called…
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› Read more: The Inflation We Tend to Encourage
The Inflation We Tend to Encourage
I’m not usually one to keep up with economic trends like inflation, largely because I don’t fully understand it. However,…
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› Read more: When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Willa Cather and Love for the Local
When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Willa Cather and Love for the Local
We live in Southern California. My driver’s license and return address stamp have told me so for more than a…
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› Read more: Inscape in an Escapist World
Inscape in an Escapist World
Our newsfeeds, both the ones in our minds and the real ones that capture our attention, constantly bid us to…
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› Read more: Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
It’s about to be graduation season where we celebrate beginnings with their vague hope and endings with their celebratory finality.…
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› Read more: A Legacy of Covenant Love
A Legacy of Covenant Love
Every time I walk down a certain hallway in our home, I see, among the family pictures hanging on our…
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› Read more: The Power of a Visit
The Power of a Visit
I thought I knew what a visit was until the Lord allowed me to make some Afghan friends. I visit…
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› Read more: Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Red and blue. Progressive and traditional. These words have become battle lines and rallying cries in our alarmingly divided nation.…
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› Read more: Precious & Painful Death
Precious & Painful Death
When the Lord speaks, a sentence can feed and fuel a soul. This morning in the corporate reading of Scripture,…