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Light in the Darkness
Like the disciples, we are easily frightened. While we have the Holy Spirit, something they didn’t yet have, we don’t always know what to do with the people around us who think and live differently than us. The truth? The world around us lacks hope. As a public school teacher, I see it every day. They are struggling to find purpose in a world that just “happened” without a creator. As a result, the only significance they have is what they can accomplish. No wonder they are so easily swayed by any myriad of identities and ideologies floating around. The truth? They desperately need a light we often withhold because…
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A Reminder to “Look up” instead of at the world around us.
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My latest post for enCourage on parenting boys
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The Quest for Appearances
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A Mother’s Game Day Prayer
It’s funny how I would never Pray for my favorite NFL, MLB, or NHL Team to Win Of course, you are so much more concerned With the state of your church, and the many lost and hurting souls Than my team’s current rankings I know what you value Yet find myself praying for my son’s soccer, football, or running team To beat the cross-town or cross-state rival Or even worse Praying he will beat out His teammate we have known since elementary or middle school For a varsity spot This pitiful behavior begs the question How do you want me to pray For my son or daughter on game day?…
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The Waiting Game: Learning to number my days
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. In a lifetime of living within an hour of this small resort town, I hadn’t seen anything like it. A rare flood engulfing the main street receded, leaving the street filled with river rock-not small river rock, but large rocks requiring heavy equipment to remove them. We thought we were past it, disasters like the one last year that made camping, hiking, and tourist activities difficult. Last summer’s dry conditions left my home state-and this particular town- engulfed in flames and smoke for the majority of the summer and fall. This year, however, we had snow and then rain, and lots of it.…
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This Puzzle Called Life
Nobody likes discomfort, but life in a fallen world guarantees uncertainty. This puzzle we call life requires it. As James tells us, that God is not only with us “when (we) meet trails of various kinds” but will produce “steadfastness” eventually making us “perfect and complete, lacking in nothing”, not one missing piece (James 1:2-4). May we be steadfast as we trust the promises of a God who carried our forefathers through perplexing times when that piece didn’t quite fit until the puzzle maker completes the scene for us in eternity. www.facebook.com/groups/connect.pca.women/permalink/504313166577008
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A Time to Mourn
The teacher in Ecclesiastes tells us there is “a time to mourn” (3:4). But in all reality, life can sometimes feel a lot more like one long mourning period. It seems the longer we live, the more we mourn.
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A Writer’s New Year Prayer
The wisdom to follow your plan for me Instead of the newest blogging recipe pushed out onto Facebook or Twitter The plan made by you to whom I am “Fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14) and The plan that includes “hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11) Whether I ever publish my first book Or see my articles reach the world
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Why I am Rethinking my Hallmark Christmas Movie Addiction
I’ll admit, I am not exactly a fan of the catch phrase trend which includes “Keep Christ in Christmas” and other such sayings, but I am prayerfully asking myself what my responsibilities are during this sacred time of year. Lord, turn my heart towards you alone during this time of year. Please grant me the wisdom to speak about and value your birth and the gospel instead of promoting a faceless spirit or empty consumerism. May I continually respond as the shepherds did saying, “Let’s go the Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened . . . “ (Luke 2:15).