For hundreds of years the English-speaking world has known the word “utopia” to signify an ideal society or community where the principles of operation dispelled…
View More No Place Like it on EarthAuthor: Wendy McCready
Eternal Vision in Parenting
Mistakes are how you learn. A teacher I once worked with repeated this phrase often to our students. Most of the time, she shared it…
View More Eternal Vision in ParentingWhose Kingdom Are We Building?
“You’re trying to build your own kingdom.” The accusation stung as my husband and I sat in yet another meeting trying to work out conflict…
View More Whose Kingdom Are We Building?The Promise No One Quotes
When I was a teenager, it was very popular to publish books that listed off the promises of Scripture. The idea was to have a…
View More The Promise No One QuotesCitizens of Heaven
My Canadian husband and I lived in the massive multicultural city of Toronto, Ontario, when we first married. As a United States citizen who only…
View More Citizens of HeavenCelebrity or Servant?
Our culture worships celebrities. Whether they are notorious for doing good or evil, we spend so much of our time scanning the tabloids in the…
View More Celebrity or Servant?Freedom Through Servanthood
I made a surprise visit one afternoon just to be neighborly to a lady in our community. Her daughter was our landlord at the time,…
View More Freedom Through ServanthoodTimes of Refreshment
After a late spring rain when the sun finally peeks out and I step out my front door, the word “fresh” always comes to mind.…
View More Times of RefreshmentPerfectionism vs. Pursuit
Hi, my name is Wendy McCready, and I am a…perfectionist. Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve-Step Recovery Program have made statements like these a common part…
View More Perfectionism vs. PursuitGod Gives the Growth
Plants are a hobby for me. The last time I moved I had to give away all of my houseplants, and it didn’t take long…
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