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Rootbound and Finding A Place to Belong
Today, I have a devotional on being Rootbound featured at Circle of Friend's ministry page. Please visit it, read it and share it if it ministers to you. The link is not working: URL is http://www.ourcircleoffriends.org/category/devotionals/ Also, to introduce you to...
When People Fail…
There'll be something I will do or say that will fail you. But God will never fail you. I shared this with an-acquaintance-turned-friend-who-was-a- beginning -Christian. Many people failed her in her life. I knew my own limitations. If her idea of God was...
You Don’t Understand. A Teenager.
We stood there, our voices rising. "You're not listening to what I'm saying" I said, exasperated. "You just don't understand!" These rants went back and forth like a ping pong ball. I do understand. If only you'd hear me. A conversation between a parent and teenager....
My Other Love
Lots of things on my list today. I need to..... do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, and send emails to people at work. I should..... exercise, renew my teaching license, and do...
My Love Affair
Lots of things on my list today. I need to..... do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, and send emails to people at work. I should..... exercise, renew my teaching license, and do things I'm putting off. but more than anything, I want to spend time with God. Over the...
The Love Affair That’s Not With My Husband
Lots of things on my list today. I need to..... do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, and send emails to people at work. I should..... exercise, renew my teaching license, and do things I'm putting off. but more than anything, I want to spend time with God. Over...
Moments that Matter
Sometimes, the simplest moments can be extraordinarily significant. As my children have grown, I’ve been humbled in realizing significant moments really haven’t been elaborate birthday parties or championship games. They've often been irrelevant times that...
Oasis, Baby
For three days they traveled in the desert without finding waterWhen they came to water and it was bitterSo the people grumbled.The Lord showed Moses a piece of woodto throw in the water, making the water fit to drink."If you listing carefully to...
The Pain, the Medal, and The Power of Human Connection
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses.....let us run the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1I got the medal.But the lessons from running a half-marathon are greater than a medal.Yesterday was race day. The music was...
Half-Marathons, Israelites, Supertramp, and The Long Way Home
It so happened that after Pharaoh released the people, God didn't lead them by the road through the land of the Philistine, which was the shortest route, for God thought, "If the people encounter war, they'll change their minds and go back to Egypt." Exodus...
Declaring What the Lord has Done
"On this day, tell your son, I do this because of what the Lord did for me." Exodus 13:8What are the things the Lord has done for you?Last spring, I shared what the Lord had done for me in overcoming an eating disorder with area youth groups. At...
They Chose America
If I could sing, I would sing this song.My grandmother woke up in Bivonaa small village in Sicily.Nutrition was poorMeat was scarce.The land was dry.The hot wind blew dust in all directionsas it rested on her faceTwo babies died at her breasther body...