Category: scripture
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› Read more: Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion
Favor & Fear: An Advent Devotion
“Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”Luke 1:28. A teenager engaged to be married to a carpenter had…
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› Read more: When Tears are Your Brine
When Tears are Your Brine
Thanksgiving week is upon us. The turkeys are thawing, the foil industry is booming, and families are preparing their homes…
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› Read more: Beyond the Baby
Beyond the Baby
My husband and I have differing taste in movies. I like somber, based-on-true-stories movies, while G’Joe loves a good light-hearted,…
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› Read more: When Trust is Tenuous: Dealing with Disappointment
When Trust is Tenuous: Dealing with Disappointment
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 I’ve always been…
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› Read more: The Intolerable Compliment
The Intolerable Compliment
We have all received our share of painful compliments ranging from the tame “Wow, you look so much healthier than…
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› Read more: A Basketful of Failures
A Basketful of Failures
I love to give gifts. It really is a problem for our budget–just ask my very patient husband. I love…
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› Read more: The Meeting of Two Great Minds: Galileo & John Milton
The Meeting of Two Great Minds: Galileo & John Milton
You know that incredible feeling you get when two of your favorite people meet and enjoy one another? That’s the…
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› Read more: When Worst Case Scenarios Lead to the Best
When Worst Case Scenarios Lead to the Best
I cannot say that I am highly skilled at many things, but I am nearly an expert at worst-case-scenario thinking.…
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› Read more: Writing: An Exercise in Faithful Failure
Writing: An Exercise in Faithful Failure
I’m a writer. Those three words have taken me three decades to be confident enough to write. Growing up, I…