A New Thing

It has been a long time. So much has happened. After losing my mom and six months of caring for my dad, God called him home. And I couldn’t imagine blogging again right now. Not enough time. Not enough energy. But then God asked me to do a new thing that is a little like […]

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You Get More Out Than You Put In

Years ago, one of the older women who had attended a ladies’ retreat at camp complained to me that she did not learn anything from the sessions. She was disappointed in the speaker. Her attitude was all around negative. I don’t remember what the speaker taught that year. I do remember that for the first […]

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No Shame, No Game!

“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 Many people are familiar with the first stanza of that verse: The Lord is near to the brokenhearted… We see it on cards and mugs and journals and throw blankets like this one from CBD. That’s great, but […]

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Emotional Healing or Physical?

The older I get, the more I see the ways that we put God inside of a box. I grew up in a denomination that taught that God doesn’t heal the way he did in the book of Acts. He is able, but no one had seen Him do it. I think no one saw […]

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Be Like the Buffalo

It’s a tradition in our family~ When I drive my kids back to college, I go to chapel with them. It has never failed; God always speaks to me powerfully, usually to confirm something He has been teaching me. When I took Lilly back to school in Springfield after fall break a couple of weeks […]

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