Why Me?
Yesterday, as is traditional in our worship assembly, we began with singing “The Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him. I’m always jolted to the reality of the...
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Right Turn
For four days now I’ve been wishing for a right turn. Right is the way I turn now to go to my dad’s regular hospital room and left is the way to the ICU, where he has spent the past three days. I’m...
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Blueberries and the Book (The Exciting Conclusion!)
About Last, but Not…Well, Last AND Least On the day of the firstfruits, my biggest temptation was to grab a whole handful of big, delicious berries and fill up my basket in a hurry. Those big clusters...
View ArticleCorrespondence with a Broken Heart
The following letter came to me yesterday in response to Monday’s blog post. I’ve already prayed for this sweet sister. Will you pray for her, too? I’m praying for all of us that we may learn valuable...
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Processing Problems: from Panic to Peace
My heart wants to write tonight about Sandy Hook, but I can’t get my mind wrapped around the events of last Friday. I can’t meditate deeply enough or ponder long enough on the tragedy to come up with...
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A Second Look at the Mantra
When I talk to sisters about our walk with the Lord, we often repeat the phrase “It’s not about me,” several times together. Taken from our study of the “meek and quiet spirit” of I Peter 3, we can...
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Are You a Pouter?
Do you ever have evenings at home when you and your husband don’t speak to one another? Someone’s feelings were miffed because of some slight or some frustrated statement. A few misunderstood...
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Sister to Sister: On Preaching and Practicing
Funny thing happened to me on the way to the auditorium in one of my recent speaking engagements. On this particular day, there was a donut breakfast prior to the seminar. It was a pleasant fellowship...
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Sister to Sister: The Dangling Sleeve
It was just a regular Monday post office run…dropping off packages of books. I noticed that the big green truck parked beside me had the driver door ajar, but both my hands were full and, besides,...
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Mama’s K.I.S.S. #31: Zero-Tolerance Cool Rule
While it’s true that all kids are going to go through stages when they want to be “cool” in some innocuous ways (i.e, using innocent faddish teen words or sporting the latest hairstyle), Christian...
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I Have a Prior Commitment (Part 2)
The Prior Commitment and My Attitude It is interesting that Peter commands actions (subjection and obedience, chaste manner of life) and attitudes (meek and quiet spirit) in the details of how we...
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The Healing Leaf
She was eagerly interacting with her third-graders as I passed by the classroom last Sunday morning. With her arms around one of them, she listened intently to the trivia that was so important to the...
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Sister to Sister: Girls Who Have the Spirit (The Meek and Quiet Spirit!)
This week, it’s been a real source of gladness for me to work with girls at POINT, one of the best camps I’ve ever attended. It’s small. It’s fun. And it’s jam-packed with the spiritual! I’m looking at...
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Replacing the Calendar Again
When I hang a new calendar, looking over the spent and tattered one I’m putting in that file cabinet…the cabinet that now has a stack of gridded sheets that represent the business, the slammed...
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