Do you ever just need to dance? Stand up and cheer but didn’t because it would be seen as unseemly or silly? Express your joy and pleasure with life? My Sweet Pea danced on the streets with her new friend, the mom of my son’s fiance, Kathy. They both just danced. Right there on the street! I watching with a full heart….
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Are you going to see Noah? That story is connected to my own story of understanding and knowing God more deeply and realistically as I began to wrestle with hard questions. Hrd questions. It began with my mom’s suffering. The only time I ever heard my mom question God was when she was dying. “Why do I have…
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Do you flip open your mirror when you are sitting in the car at a red light just to assure yourself, you are looking good? Because you know you forgot or have a moment of forgetfulness and need that reassurance you did put on that mascara and by golly it looks good. James tells us about another type of look in…
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It was a quiet morning when she sipped her coffee. Hum, this feels a bit lonely. An idea came from her past. Her mom had women in and out came and went to morning coffees. It may have been for a Bible study or a meeting. Just as often it was for friendship. It has passed out of…
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The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 I had to hunt for God’s peace early one morning when I experienced doubt over a decision we made several years ago. Should we stay in the US? Friends were moving to another…
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