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Powerful Bible Verses and Quotes About Peace
Christmas may be the most wonderful time of the year, but many of us are grappling with the realities of life in the middle of the sparkle and lights. Whether you're managing the challenges of marital hardship, mental health difficulties, an unwelcome diagnosis, or...
Encouragement for the Hurting Woman on Mother’s Day
Delicately crafted cards line the aisles of every Hallmark store and images of women smiling wide as their children present them with breakfast flash across the grey screens in living room corners. There is joy in the celebration of mothering and don't we all...
Making Space for Jesus (printable)
It flourished once in the Garden, the flawless connection between people and their Maker. Man and woman. Human and creature. When God strolled in a paradise shaped by His hand and invited the two to meet with Him in the cool of the evening. Relationship. Loved...
Overcoming the Great Unmovable
A mass of sandstone loomed above the rush of cold mountain water as my son, limber with youth and filled with the daring outlook of boy-conquers-world, scrambled up one slippery side. White-knuckled, he groped his way along water-slicked edges and scaled the massive...
Sitting in a Pile of Ashes? Finding Hope in Your Job Moments
It's been a year of quiet and I'm reminded of the calm that hovers over the earth after the winds of a mid-summer hurricane. I heave a deep spirit-sigh, breathing out stored up soul poison; releasing fear and bitterness. God-directed anger and doubt. I inhale God's...
No Place for Shame
The girl's comment penetrated deep. My eyes darted to and fro as I shoved my large, 1980's glasses up the bridge of my nose. Brushing a loose strand of my Dorothy Hamill wedge into place, I turned away from the knowing looks of the other children and heat burned the...
From the Depths of Tragedy–Sharing Hope When People Need it Most
Like many of you, I've been captured by the horror of Valentine's Day, 2018. Normally associated with candy hearts and sentimental cards, this day became a sickening host to the worst kind of inhumanity and suffering. I've watched the news casts and read...
