Category: scripture
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› Read more: To the Utterly Dependent on Independence Day
To the Utterly Dependent on Independence Day
I love franks and fireworks like the best of them. We took part in our neighborhood bike parade with bikes…
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› Read more: New Month, New Mercies
New Month, New Mercies
July 1. I came home from a sweet time away in sweltering rural Illinois to a long list of things…
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› Read more: She Said Yes
She Said Yes
She said yes. My husband is about to officiate the wedding of two dear friends and gospel coworkers. We are…
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› Read more: The Importance of Wasting Time
The Importance of Wasting Time
I spent the first ten minutes sitting there twiddling my thumbs and beating myself up that I left my computer,…
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› Read more: When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Silas Marner
When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Silas Marner
Fiction has a way of enfleshing fact and enlivening truth. I delight to see glimpses of Biblical and eternal truths…
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› Read more: An Unexpected Fountain of Refreshment
An Unexpected Fountain of Refreshment
“Mom, he is stealing my cool sand,” one of my children griped about the other. Even in my annoyance, I…
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› Read more: On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
Preoccupied: to be so engrossed with thoughts of something or someone that you are unable to engage in other things.…
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› Read more: Two Kinds of Strength
Two Kinds of Strength
Four words containing two kinds of strength have had my attention lately. And after you have suffered a little while,…
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› Read more: Weeping and Sleeping
Weeping and Sleeping
Shepherds weep, but they also sleep. I am wrapping up a study of 1 Peter, a letter written by an…
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› Read more: Two Thirds
Two Thirds
Alas, I am not smarter than a fourth grader. I have been subbing in a fourth grade class of late,…
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