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…
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For Crying Out Loud
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven . . . a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a…
View More For Crying Out LoudFaithfulness 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…
View More The Value of WisdomOPSEC Prayer Partners
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 PartnersThoughtful Gifts
Ugly sweaters, white elephant gifts – our creative culture has figured out a way to make the worst gifts useable. Not valuable. Useable. Each of…
View More Thoughtful GiftsFaithful 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…
View More Giving OurselvesConsider Your Words
Each summer for the last thirty-seven years I’ve had the privilege of serving a week or two at a girls’ camp in Illinois. While fun,…
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