"And now these three remain…faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Warp and weft, words for the crossing threads of a weaver’s loom. Warp, running from sky to soil…weft, the length of the distant horizon. I’ve been thinking lately of the One who weaves our lives together, and how He takes those threads and works them into something new, something good. Sometimes, He chooses threads that […]
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The little girl in the front row has big brown eyes, framed by thick black lashes. Her hair hangs in ringlets past her shoulders, and her rosy cheeks are round with the last traces of babyhood that still cling sometimes to a first-grade silhouette. Children’s ministry is a blessing, a blessing in which the teachers […]
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Dear Foster Boys, It’s hard to believe that you are four and five now, both of you have birthdays coming up and will (even more unbelievably) be five and six in no time at all. Five and six! How can that be? Time moves so fast, boys. So very fast. This is the year […]
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A post from the archives, as kids start school this year and I’m reeling a bit at how quickly time passes… It’s a strange feeling, standing here in this mostly empty house. It has been nearly 3 years, but it still feels like home. It’s hard, renting out the place that once was your home. […]
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My son was born just five months after we moved out of state, and I’ll never forget how it felt to be so alone as a new mother. I had my husband, and one of the reasons we’d moved in the first place was to give us a place where we could start fresh and […]
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Buckle up, I’m about to take you on a bumpy ride. First of all, let me just say this: I believe in the healing power of faith. I believe that Jesus did miracles, and I believe He is still doing them today…I’ve seen them, and I’ve lived them. I believe that faith alone can turn […]
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Dear New Creation in Christ, What joy was in my heart last night when I heard your news…you now belong to Christ, a new creation. I remember the day I became a Christian, although the exact date escapes my memory. Everything looked different, new. As if I were finally awake, for the very first time. […]
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It’s been with me since I was five, the antique upright piano. Its finish is deep ebony, the surface crackled with age, the keys chipped here and there like a well-worn smile. And when I can’t find the words, I go there and let the contents of my heart flow out in the pure […]
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Burnout. Chances are good you’ve experienced it…if you’ve got a ministry, you know what ministry burnout feels like. Whether you’re a missionary, a pastor’s wife, a counselor, a teacher, a mother, a wife, a worship leader, a Sunday school teacher, a writer, a nurse, an evangelist, a manager…you know what I’m talking about when I […]
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I’m sitting in a quiet corner of the living room with an open book on my lap, not reading. The book is a decoy, the pages are still turned to the place where I haphazardly opened them because what I’m actually doing…what I’m honestly up to…is eavesdropping. There are a dozen teens out on the […]
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