Sing Through Your Pain
Did you ever wonder if Jesus sang during His days on earth? We know worshipers sang in the synagogues, and Jesus’s family probably sang during the holy feast...
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Apr
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Apr
Stop Worrying and Pray
Sometimes the solution to a huge difficulty is so near at hand, so obvious, that we walk right by it. That may be the case with anxiety in our lives...
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Apr
God’s Ordinary Intervention
God delights in using ordinary objects to accomplish His mighty purposes. Friends of the Apostle Paul saved him from a murderous ambush by lowering...
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Apr
Get to Know Him
For the longest time in my walk with Jesus, I told everyone I knew Him. After all, I was saved. But truthfully, I was only acquainted with Jesus...
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Apr
He is Able
As I work in a ministry to people with disabilities, I hear the words disabled and disability over and over. Sometimes it’s good to balance that emphasis...
5
Apr
An Easter Story
Ever wonder what happened during those three days Jesus was in the grave? First, here’s the back story: when Jesus said, “It is finished” on the cross, He dropped His head, gave up His spirit, and…
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Mar
What Holy Week Can Teach Us about Disappointment
Seasons of disappointment challenge us to understand God's idea of "good," if we’ll but listen. For it so easy to praise God when times are good… but far more difficult when times are bad.
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Mar
Finding God’s Grace Amid a New Disability or Diagnosis
Not long ago, a distraught family member wrote a letter asking if I would please speak with a young man named Tommy who had just broken his neck body surfing. As I stared at the letter, I wept and shook my head, wondering what to say...
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Mar
We Are Called to Love like Jesus
Recently, a wonderful friend came to care for me when my husband, Ken, went on a fishing trip. Like anyone who has taken Ken’s place as my caregiver...
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Feb
Winter Forest: From Scarlet Sin to Snow-White Grace
The color contrast in this verse fascinates me, and many times I have experimented with painting the sharp distinction of crimson against the unstained purity of white. Like coloring a dark red cardinal against fresh-fallen snow...