I’m the first one to protect my eyes when pain reaches its pinnacle in a movie. I don’t want to see suffering. When my own pain is raw, I’m more sensitive to pain around me. It’s hard to see if you don’t want to look. Do you ever find yourself so overwhelmed by the cares of life that you just want ...
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The last year has been like dryer lint. Matted together, there are things of unknown origin tangled in it . Gradual compression pulled fibers from familiar items to create a single layer of leftovers, suited for the garbage. No one shows off their dryer lint.
The collision of our ...
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I appreciated her honest Facebook status: “I don’t understand why anyone would want to kill Christians.” After all, how many Western-world Christians considered the ultimate cost when deciding to follow Jesus?
Many of my friends in other nations expected rejection when they followed Christ. ...
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Women's Ministry is changing. We've eaten a lot of cupcakes in pursuit of getting it right; we've tried a lot of book studies in hopes of making it meaningful. An open letter to Women's Ministry in 2011 stirred up a lot of feminine feelings and continues to be reposted. My friend Kathy recently ...
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Since our last relocation of life and ministry back in 2004, Facebook and social media happened. When uprooting your life to move cross-country, you uncover unexpected blessings. Despite the fact we moved to new state and time zone this year, I didn't have to leave all of my friends behind. We are ...
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