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Encouragement for every season of lifeHospitality – You Want Me To Do What?
What you have and who you are is enough. (Read that again!) We hear it a lot, but I want you to allow the Holy Spirit to engrave that into the deepest recesses of your soul. You know the places the enemy goes to pull out the lies that keep you hidden! God didn’t need...
The “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” Project
I had almost forgotten about “The Project.” It was done and over with . . . finally. And then I saw this: This is my “I’m out of time and don’t want to make one more decision so I’ll stuff everything in a basket and hide it” plan. It’s a bad plan really but when time...
How Do You Like Them Apples?
How do you like them apples? This is a phrase my dad used to say when dishing out a punishment or while watching me live out a natural consequence. Today I say…I like them MANY ways! When apples are in abundance during this beautiful time of year, I love trying out...
Ernie’s Legacy
I’m almost fifty. Well, I’ve got two years to go. I hear I’m supposed to dread it, but fifty doesn’t bother me, at least not yet. But one thing I’ve noticed in the last few years is an increase in the number of funerals I’ve been attending. Thank goodness, most are...
An Invitation to Rest
Do you ever find yourself just worn out from a too-busy schedule and constantly on the brink of tears? That was my state of being when I left home to attend Bridging the Gap’s Thrive conference. I’ve long known the importance of really spending time with God--not just...
An Unexpected Family
On the surface, our family looks like any other: husband and wife, four kids. We are the quintessential American family. It's only after getting to know us that someone might come to realize what a struggle it has been to piece our family together. Infertility,...
Reconnect the Disconnect
Last week something happened that disrupted my perfectly peaceful evening--the Internet went out. Panic ensued as I asked my techie son to see if he could find and fix the problem. No such luck. We waited, not so patiently, to see if it would just resolve itself. My...
Church on the Couch
For the last four months my family and I have been "doing church" a little different. Our church is under construction and the congregation is meeting in another facility until the building is finished. We could have done that, too. Actually, we had planned on going...
I Am a Butterfly
When the radio came on the other day I thought, “What a sweet way for God to wake us up.” Yes, I do realize that I’d set an alarm but apparently my foggy morning brain had not registered that truth. Trust me, this is not generally the first thought I have when I wake...
When It’s a Dog Doo Kind of Day
My morning started with my child stepping into a big pile of dog doo, thirty seconds before the bus pulled up to the bus stop. The driver watched as I stopped frantically trying to wipe poop off a small left shoe (still attached to the child) with a twig, sighed...
