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Encouragement for every season of lifeHappy Birthday National Parks!
Is there anything more fun than a birthday party? Possibly, but still, birthdays are fun and this summer the National Park Service turns 100 years old. To celebrate this benchmark anniversary, the National Park Service is offering free entry into the parks for all...
A Moment of Star Wars
Do know that feeling when there’s a calling and passion placed in your heart? That feeling where you just want to thrive and burst in the purpose you were made for? I do. I also know that God likes to develop those he’s called to specific purposes in various kinds of...
Gluten FREEdom
Contrary to popular belief, the gluten-free lifestyle isn’t just a trend. Trust me, I want that donut and those pancakes and that Chinese food. I wish my body absorbed nutrients correctly. Let me take you back to my “growing up” years. I was in the third grade. Mom...
Share the Secrets
There is a story in 2 Kings 6 and 7 I think theologians have missed the meaning of for years. Let me briefly summarize the story and see if you don’t agree with my conjecture. The city of Samaria was under siege by the Aramean army. It had lasted so long that the...
Prayer Walk
Spring is here, and with it comes warm weather and an excuse to get outdoors. I was recently reminded of an anecdote from my high school days. At the time, I lived 1.4 miles away from my school. Not too far, but far enough that a car was needed during Minnesota...
Empathy in Action
Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;” -Exodus 34:6 Compassion is a central characteristic used to describe God in heaven. Compassion is a...
Mistaken Identity
Lately, I’ve been contemplating our tendency to allow the labels we’ve accepted for ourselves to prescribe our behaviors. I’ve drawn conclusions about my own attributes just as we probably all have. I’ve taken many personality tests and investigated different...
Do It Afraid
This past weekend, my daughter had dance try-outs for the competition teams at the studio she attends. As I watched her get into line with 70 or so other little girls her age, all dressed in black leotards with their hair pulled tight into buns, then scurry into a...
Why Wouldn’t We Love Well?
“It’s just so amazing the way you can open yourselves up to their biological families.” This statement was said to me by a dear friend as we had dinner together one night and were discussing my adopted daughter’s birth family. How can you not? I think. I love these...
Repurpose, Recycle, Rejoice!
"What do you do with all that stuff?” I asked my dad. He’s lived on the same farm since the mid 60’s and has managed to acquire a few things. We walked through his shop, the barn, his storage shed, the garage, and the basement of the house—for starters. I was on the...
