Christmas is about atmosphere. We all have the atmosphere ingredients that stir us. Cinnamon scented pinecones, or the smell of a fresh tree. Christmas music,…
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Waiting Leads to a Birth
Sometimes I wonder what was in Mary’s mind as she traveled the dusty road toward Bethlehem. For me, those last days before my children’s births…
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This spring my husband and I celebrated fifteen years of marriage, and with that nearly fifteen years of ministry. There are many who have walked…
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I sat in our window-lined school room where the late summer sunlight slanted across my desk. My phone blinked the length of the phone call…
View More Abba-loveFaithfulness in Suffering
My husband and I finished reading a book from The Lamplighter Collection called The Basket of Flowers (1768) by Christoph von Schmid. The story tells…
View More Faithfulness in SufferingThe Value of Wisdom
1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your…
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A good friend of mine is a former military wife. Her husband was injured and is now a civilian, but we have had many conversations…
View More OPSEC Prayer PartnersFaithful in Prayer: A Tribute to Pastors Everywhere
James 5:15-16, “And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has…
View More Faithful in Prayer: A Tribute to Pastors EverywhereLessons on Faithfulness from a Shrub
It was the case of woman vs. shrub. The woman? Me. The shrub? An old spirea bush in my front flower bed. I had three…
View More Lessons on Faithfulness from a ShrubGiving Ourselves
6 Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. 7…
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