I’m Praying for You I pray a lot in the shower. No one sees me there, and the water spray masks the tears. To be…
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Friday Flowers, Part 1 of 2: “I’m Annoyed”
I’m Annoyed “Sometimes I want to hide in the bathroom,” a friend once said to me, confessing her struggle to love a certain individual in…
View More Friday Flowers, Part 1 of 2: “I’m Annoyed”Hope, Flowers, and Rain
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as…
View More Hope, Flowers, and RainJoyful Satisfaction
What satisfies you? What brings you …purpose? …identity? …joy? Ponder the topic with me for a moment. “When I have ___________ I will be happy.”…
View More Joyful SatisfactionThe Christian Millennial
I read an interesting article on millennials in the last few weeks and suddenly as I was reading the article some pieces that had been…
View More The Christian MillennialPot Luck
Pot Luck /ˌpätˈlək/ noun -used in reference to a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is available will prove to be…
View More Pot LuckA Prayer for My Pastor’s Wife
Thank you, Father, for my pastor’s wife. She is one of the happiest people I know. Whenever she sees me, her face brightens into a…
View More A Prayer for My Pastor’s WifeWe Like Sheep
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts…
View More We Like SheepYour Safe House
“The joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). A few years ago in southwestern Ontario we had one of the coldest winters…
View More Your Safe HouseThe Power of the Word “Is”
“The joy of the LORD IS your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). My fifth grade English teacher had us write in our journals every day. In…
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