Earlier this week my daughter had a melt-down. A total and complete seven-year-old melt dowwwwwn. It was awful. Tantrums thrown by three-year-olds are terrible, but tantrums thrown by seven-year-olds are even worse. In the end it came out that a few kids at school had said some really ugly and cruel things to her. They had spoken lies […]
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12/15/16
I’m gonna get right to the point today: Is there something people in your life keep encouraging you to do? Something the people who know you best keep suggesting you should try? Maybe you’ve been encouraged to start a new business, take a new class, make a career change, try online dating or move to […]
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I’m sitting in a hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee with about 45 minutes left before I have to check out and head for the airport. And once I get home from this trip, I’m done traveling for the year. And I’m ready. I’m ready to be home. I’m ready to slow down. I’m ready to […]
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Regardless of where you stand when it comes to the results of the US Presidential election, it’s undeniable that we are a country divided, plagued with the ugliness and tension that comes from division. Some are elated, some are disheartened. Many are in shocked disbelief (good or bad), while others find themselves in enraged denial. […]
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I love the fall. I love the crispness in the air and way the leaves rustle when you walk through them. And I’m so grateful that this year, after 15 years of living in the desert, I’m getting to experience the entire season of fall, not just a weekend here or there. And as much […]
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I remember as a kid going to sleep on October 30th to the sound of my mom’s sewing machine humming along… and waking up the next morning to the same sound. So many times she stayed up all night long to construct costumes ranging from Princess Leia to Laura Ingles Wilder. On several occasions my […]
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I spent this past weekend in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Three of my girlfriends and I rented a beautiful stone house on a working farm in New Holland, PA. Being the only Lancaster County “newbie” they took me around the area to do most of the traditional activities. I say “most” because we didn’t go for […]
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It’s not the Webster.com version, but the pastor of our church recently offered a definition of “faith” that I hadn’t heard before. He said “faith is an action based on a belief.” Faith is an action. Faith is a verb. It’s not something you have, it’s something you do. Belief is something you have, faith is something […]
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"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."
ROMANS 8: 14-16, ESV
“A quiet heart is content with what God gives.”
- ELISABETH ELLIOT
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