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What the Bible Teaches Us About Shame
The Label of Shame Shame on you. How many times did you hear those words? Think them? Feel the weight of the trio tearing at your heart--your identity? Your value? Many first heard the harshness of the phrase in childhood as angry parents responded to childish...
Myth of the First Time Mother
I have a confession to make and a realization to share. The confession? It begins with the birth of ourfirst child. One glance at his precious, wrinkled, newborn face and I knew Ben was destined to attain great things. I imagined him on stage, standing in front of...
Roadblocks to Intimacy With God: Time
I always imagined our family gathered around the table reciting poetry or engaging in meaningful conversations. Our dinnertime dialouge, though, has much less to do with poetry than with lines learned on the playground or reminders to chew with mouths closed. All...
Roadblocks to Intimacy with God: Part 1-Fear
I left the comforts of home today--loaded down with two children bundled safely in the mini-van--for a spring break adventure. I'd originally planned to visit the butterfly garden outside the city limits, but changed my mind when my companions began asking, "How long...
The Hostess Has Hives
Aunt Linda is the sort of woman who puts fear in the heart of every introverted woman married to a soldier. Why? Because Aunt Linda set the standard as the consummate military wife for twenty years. She loved the adventure of changing stations, meeting new people,...
Baby Pictures and Pet Names
I’m not inviting my girlfriend over because you embarrass me. The words, emphatically offered by my teenage son, stung. How could I possibly cause embarrassment? After all, I never produce questionable baby pictures or use childhood nicknames when meeting Ben’s...
Storm Predictions
Call me a doubting Thomas, but I never believe Colorado’s weathermen. The Farmer’s Almanac, my son’s makeshift barometer, and grandma’s arthritic fingers all prove more accurate than local predictions. Fortunately, God’s word is far more reliable and trustworthy than...
