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I Don’t Want to Be An Easy Christian
It’s easy to be a Christian when things are good. I can wear my sparkly cross bracelet to church among people just like me and feel at home. When I’m headed to a women’s conference, I can wear my...
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Are You Bold Enough?
Do you consider yourself bold? Yesterday I was reading in Acts about Peter and John. After Jesus went back to Heaven and sent the Holy Spirit, the apostles did some amazing things. Peter healed a...
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How You are Slowly Killing Your Marriage
My son begged me to play a video game with him. I’m not even certain the name of it, but we could call it “Everybody Shoot Everybody,” and you’d probably get a mental picture of what it was like. You...
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When You Don’t Know What to Say
As the elevator doors shut, a hand darted in between and stopped them. The doors slid open, and I saw my college roommate and her mother. “Oh, hi!” I chatted “How was the funeral?” They got on the...
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When Someone Gets in Front of Your Miracle
He was desperate. Yet in that despair came a glimmer of hope. He’d heard stories of the one they called Teacher. He’d never seen any of the miracles, but there was talk of him healing the sick and...
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What Is This World Coming To?
“Hurricane Harvey Death Toll Hits 70” “Hurricane Irma’s Death Toll Now 73” “In Puerto Rico, Death Toll from Hurricane Maria Reaches 16” “Death Toll Rises to 360 in Mexico Earthquake” “Massive...
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The Power of a Story
In days of old, before Snapchat and Facebook, before Instagram and Twitter, before removable type and the creation of mass produced literature and books, there was story telling. It’s the way one...
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5 Ways to Whack Satan
It was Sargent Singer’s Pizza Circus where I whacked my first mole. My 10th birthday party was there. Since we usually had parties at home, I was beyond excited to have a party at the pizza place. My...
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What Is This World Coming To?
“Hurricane Harvey Death Toll Hits 70” “Hurricane Irma’s Death Toll Now 73” “In Puerto Rico, Death Toll from Hurricane Maria Reaches 16” “Death Toll Rises to 360 in Mexico Earthquake” “Massive...
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The Power of a Story
In days of old, before Snapchat and Facebook, before Instagram and Twitter, before removable type and the creation of mass produced literature and books, there was story telling. It’s the way one...
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5 Ways to Whack Satan
It was Sargent Singer’s Pizza Circus where I whacked my first mole. My 10th birthday party was there. Since we usually had parties at home, I was beyond excited to have a party at the pizza place. My...
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Are You Okay?
“Are you okay?” Ever answered “yes” when you knew you weren’t really feeling okay? I have Type 1 Diabetes. I was diagnosed at age 12. For 32 years I have walked the tight rope of my disease – careful...
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A Pink Bible and Crumbs
I wiped off the table crumbs from dinner and headed towards the trashcan. As I walked past the bar, the color pink caught my eye and I turned to notice my eight-year-old’s pink Bible lined up next to...
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Keep the Faith
I hate watching the news. While I used to stay up and listen to the latest weather and happenings of the day for the 11 o’clock news, now I click off the television and head straight for my pillow –...
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Divided We Fall
E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. This 13-letter motto for the United States appearing on our Great Seal was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. It was never made the official motto by law, so in...
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Why Do I Write?
“Carol’s writing is delightful. Unfortunately…” Another rejection. If you are or aspire to be a professional writer you must acquire a thick outer covering. Or perhaps just a slick one where unsavory...
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When God’s Silence is a Gift
I haven’t been writing. For months on end, I’ve gone without crafting my words. Let’s be honest with each other. I have been discouraged. For more than ten years, I’ve written and shared my words. My...
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Send An Ambulance
I knew the minute I heard his voice something was wrong. It was too late for him to be out for lunch and too early for him to be heading home. “Hey…,” my husband said pausing to take a breath. I could...
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Guest Towel Grace
When you were a kid, your mama probably had some. You know the ones. Those special towels that looked as if they had never been touched. Perhaps it was a fingertip towel or maybe a full-sized hand...
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When You Hate Change
As a child, I did not like getting new shoes. As an adult woman, I no longer struggle with this issue. My closet is proof. But nevertheless, as a little girl I wanted no part of it. My mother tells...
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