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When Mom Isn’t the One to Help
In the Old Testament, Jonah found himself in a mess of trouble, weeds wrapped around him, waves washing over him. The waters were closing in on him, yet God was the one who…
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Give Them the Finger
"It's important for me to remember that the same God who gave Belshazzar the finger of justice is the same God who bent down into the dust and brought mercy to an adulterous…
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Unbound
I was hungover, broke, and stranded in an Arizona airport holding a cactus with Johnny Tuscon, as we girls called him, at my side. I was close to rock bottom. I had no…
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Living in a New Land
I feel like I have woken up to a new country. I hardly recognized it last week, now today our nation’s capitol city is laced with barbed wire fences encircling the Capitol alongside…
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Sit in Mercy
Do I spend more time praying for my children's hearts to change or my own heart to soften and change? Do I mull over someone's actions and words longer and more intensely than…
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A Horse Without a Bit
James tells us that our tongues need to be controlled to validate the gospel in our lives. Like a bit in a horse's mouth, my tongue can be controlled. A controlled tongue does…
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Out from the Shadows
I grew up under athletic shadows, under a dynasty of athletics. In fact, there was an award at my high school in Kalamazoo where nearly all of my uncles’, cousins’, and family members’…
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Inner Psycho
There are days when I wonder if anyone really knew me, or if they spent time in my head, would they think of me as a complete psycho? One day I jokingly confessed…
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The Mountain Top to a Cave, Dealing with Disappointment
It was hard to not be disappointed. I felt like I gave my whole life for this cause, and it wasn't working. Then Covid-19 hit and turned the world upside down, but in…
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A Father’s Feeble Faith
I would love to run spiritual interference for my kids, to keep them from darkness, to be able to witness God deliver them from their troubles. In Mark 9 the feeble faith of…
