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Summer Book Recommendations
With summer around the corner, many of us begin scouring library shelves and bestseller lists for recommended reads. I recently finished several great reads. Perhaps you can include a couple of these on your summer book list. Nonfiction Book Recommendations I The book...
Why We Can Praise God in a Pandemic (Grace and Truth Linkup)
Two years of hard in a new century. A century marked by riots, rage, and unrest. Confusion. Delusion. Political shifts. Hurting people adrift. Viruses. Vaccines. Vilifying. [bctt tweet="And in the middle of panic and pandemic, divorce and dilemma, cancer and cancel...
October Reading Roundup
It's been beautiful in Colorado and most mornings and evenings my nose is tucked between the pages of a page or I'm scrolling down the screen as I devour the words printed on the NetGalley app. This month, I've been stretched, edified, encouraged--at times,...
Why We Don’t Need to Fear When We Worship an Omnipotent God
Corrie Ten Boom once wrote, "When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." Those words speak of my fears. They skulk about in the dark recesses of the mind, waiting for the...
When Optimism Collides With Reality
Autumn's dim morning light shrouded the room in a blanket of calm as I greeted the Father. “Lord, what work do you have for me today? How can I be like Jesus in someone’s life?” The words hung in the hush of a home not yet interrupted by the rush of bodies hurrying...
A Prayer If You Are Experiencing Loss
Strangely warped containers and melted relics of what had been lay bent and twisted among cinder blocks stained by purple tongues of angry fire. Only the brick fireplace stood tall and unchanged, a lonely reminder of what had transpired there. Like the remains of the...
Three Habits That Eliminate Fear
Do you remember the 1990's show Fear Factor? Pairs or couples were presented with traumatic situations that involved their worst fears. These included drowning, being buried alive, and more. While some of us struggle with a significant phobia, others live with...