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I prefer winter and fall when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it. The dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it. The whole story doesn’t show. ~Andrew Wyeth I look forward to Lent. […]
Weekend getaways with other like-minded women have been a spiritual rhythm in my journey for at least the past twenty years. What began for me in Dallas, Texas in 2000, we continue March 6-8 at Quail Creek in Hartselle, Alabama, […]
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,” Hebrews 12:1 NIV As we celebrate Presidents’ Day, we thank You, Father, for the humble faith […]
My kids love old people. When they were little, it was the highlight of their month to go visit the local nursing home and see the older people there. On their own initiative, they started saving all of their coloring […]
“Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate His lovely name with music.” Psalm 135:3 NLT This week, Father, we are praying about all the music that fills our city. We ask that Your hand guide those who are […]
Christianity is a ridiculous religion — Unless — It is true. There’s the rub. If Christianity is not true, then all ‘Christians’ are wasting their time living a ‘Christian’ life and telling other people they should become ‘Christians.’ But … If […]
“When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases;But the righteous will see their fall.” Proverbs 29:16 NKJV Father, as we pray again this week for Your protection over Huntsville/Madison County and for those You have raised up to enforce the laws […]
As 2020 begins, it may seem a little weird to kick it off with a January post entitled “Closings.” However, without closings we would never have new beginnings; therefore, they go hand in hand. I’m asking Holy Spirit to give […]
“Can plunder be taken from the warriors or captives be rescued from the fierce? But this is what the Lord says: ‘Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who […]
Let them fail. These three little words have helped shape the best and hardest pearl of parenting wisdom I have ever received. When we first heard these words from the administration of our children’s school I was skeptical, to say […]