The Lord Who Carries Me – Braces and All
When I was nine months old I was diagnosed with elongated tendons in my legs causing me to walk on the inside of my feet. I was placed in leg braces which I wore 24/7
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When the Healing Doesn’t Come
I would like to share a blog from Scribbles and Crumbs. She is an amazing writer who shares her grief and loss of her baby with bare pain and strong faith. She discusses the questions
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Relating to Relationships
There is an image that will stay in my heart and soul forever to remind me that we are born for relationships. Our new pastor came to our couple’s bible study recently to meet us
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An Unhallowed Christmas without Thanksgiving
This morning on my walk I saw Christmas lights adorning the trim on a house and a blow up Santa Claus already poised in a yard. Really? It’s not even Thanksgiving yet. With Halloween being
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The PB&J Sandwich
While walking the dogs I ran into a neighbor who had recently brought her mother to live with her. I asked her how she was doing. Between homeschooling her ten year old and caring for
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Ignore or Explore?
Why was I more freaked out over having a biopsy of a blemish on my scalp than I was over my lumpectomy, or my coronary artery bypass? It had been a few years since I
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A Chance Encounter
It was a chance encounter. I had brought my friend to the outpatient surgical center for a procedure. While in the waiting room a young man sat in the chair next to me. He had
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Setting Priorities
Patrick Morley has done it again, He condenses all of life’s infinite decisions and distractions to a simple idea. This is a good question for all of us to ponder and to set our priorities.
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Gleaning a Mary Spirit Amidst a Martha Heart
Luke 10:38-42The Message (MSG) Mary and Martha As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. She had a
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When We Serve, We Become Served
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you
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Define Success
Most of you reading this know that I have written a book which I am trying to publish. It’s been a nine year birthing process and like a mother-to-be in her final trimester; I am
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The “Sling Season”
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NRSV) This past week Thad was given the go-ahead to stop wearing the “Transformer” Shoulder Sling! After six weeks
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