In the book Decision, Joni Eareckson Tada writes: Honesty is always the best policy, but especially when you’re surrounded by a crowd of women in …
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Squeezing in the Urgent
“Hey, Pop, look at these three books I got from school. You want to read them with me?” Before I could think, I said, “Not …
Read More »A Bright Spot While Sick
I’m almost always sick in the winter months. I fight like a tiger to keep germs at bay. Bleach and hot water are constant companions. …
Read More »What Is Home Anyway?
My sister and her husband just came back from a week of rest. And I mean REST with a capital R-E-S-T. Turns out the place …
Read More »Running Forward
I was never a gifted athlete. I was one of those kids assigned to a team in elementary school gym class when the options dwindled. …
Read More »A Thanksgiving to Remember
Many years ago, I was a young Navy wife living in Long Beach, California. My husband, on sea duty, had been deployed overseas for eight …
Read More »Politics and Jesus
Most of my Christian friends are Republican. They think the opposition is the devil. They think the only people worth voting for are Christians, regardless …
Read More »Digging Out the Truth
Can you imagine if everything you focused your mind on today was captured on film and made into a vast collage—hanging out there for all …
Read More »Painful Learning
With my first pregnancy and delivery, I got my Ph.D. in pain. Looking back now, what makes me most sad is remembering how innocent I …
Read More »Finding Purpose and Healing
There will come a time in your life when you will have no answers and wonder how you can make it one more day. It …
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