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Feb 28, 20228 min read
The Transfiguration, and Coming Down the Mountain (Mark 9)
It was God saying "Hang Tight Girl, we're not done. Your heart is broken but we're not done"
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Feb 25, 20222 min read
Shimmer: A Benediction
That Shimmering Light trekked up the mountain with weary friends to show them Himself.
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May 11, 20203 min read
#MotherStories: On a Wedding Day
May I say something somewhat controversial about #mothering today? It’s a thought that goes back two decades to my wedding day, a story...
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Dec 6, 20183 min read
Advent: The #IToldYouSo Edition (Malachi 3:7-12; Luke 1: 68-79)
As He spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old… Zechariah, father to John the Baptist, a prophecy upon the birth of his...
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Dec 5, 20183 min read
Advent: When Will Enough Be Enough? (Luke 11:29-32; Psalm 90; Isaiah 1:24-31)
I woke up this morning wishing for a magic pill of some sort. I do this from time to time when I’m tired of getting out of bed. When...
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Dec 4, 20183 min read
Advent: Then, Now, Next (Psalm 90; Revelation 22)
It’s a quiet, calm morning here. Snow covers everything. Second pot of coffee is brewing. The boy child went to school without much...
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Dec 3, 20183 min read
Advent: The Waiting, It’s Just Too Much (2 Peter 3)
The LORD is not slow about His Promise… 1 Peter 3:9 I live with a child whose ability to wait is non-existent. Even though he’s older...
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Jul 13, 20185 min read
You’re 12, Kaylie MayBeth
It’s hard to believe she’d be 12, our Kaylie. Aunties don’t forget… My niece Kaylie MaeBeth, was born silently on July 13, 2006 at 25...
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May 12, 20184 min read
I See You: Reflecting on #MothersDay
Writer’s Note: This entry was first written in Spring 2007, It seems like a lifetime again, and yet, I read it through and know that even...
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May 4, 20162 min read
When Things Are…
what they are in our lives, we can, if we know the One True God the way He knows us, if we really see Him for Who He Is, we can, believe...
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May 2, 20163 min read
#AlwaysHope
Hope. It’s something I’m really into. I started just relying on hope a long time ago when I realized there are just some things a...
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Jan 4, 20161 min read
Psalm 27ing It, and How I Don’t Make Resolutions
I don’t make resolutions. Nope, not anymore. Why? Because I always screw them up, and failure in what I need to do right now is not an...
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Jan 4, 20166 min read
2015, and How #Gratitude Beats Want
We didn’t get our end of year letter written. Okay, truth. I haven’t written an end of year letter for a few years now, and this year was...
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Dec 19, 20152 min read
Where Is Our Peace?
It’s here ~ the last Sunday of Advent. On this day, we light the fourth candle, the candle of peace. Our world is not always a peaceful...
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Dec 12, 20152 min read
Advent Joy????
This is the third week of Advent, the week to celebrate JOY!!! One thing that sometimes happens as we get ready to celebrate Jesus’ birth...
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Dec 5, 20152 min read
Love Shines Bright
The Christmas Season. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? It’s the happ-happiest season of all, at least according to Andy...
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Nov 28, 20152 min read
Is it Make Believe? Or Hope.
There is something truly remarkable about this time of year called Advent. The word Advent means “coming”. For most of us, this time is...
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Mar 29, 20133 min read
THIS is How #LoveWins… and the GOOD of this Particular Friday
Much of my thoughts and prayers these last several days has been about the much heated and devisive debate about the definition of...
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Mar 13, 20054 min read
Two Sides of Everything
We hold joy and sadness in the same hand, almost always I guess. #hopelesshoper Here I sit, typing and erasing, wondering how to talk...
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