Our pastor tells a story about how France’s King Louis XIV planned his own farewell extravaganza. He left instructions that at his funeral service, the Notre Dame cathedral would remain dark except for a single candle above his golden coffin, the candle placed...
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when our prayers don’t add up
“The words started out comforting enough,” Cheryl told me. “My friend told me how sorry she was that I’d lost my job. But then she proceeded to tell me that I must be praying wrong. And that if I was praying in faith and trusting God to provide for us, I’d have a job...
when you’re worried about your appearance
I’m pretty sure my wedding dress is still in there--though I can’t be totally sure since I haven’t opened that box since the cleaners sealed it in 1971. They buried my husband’s grandmother in hers. If I passed on today, there’s not a chance they’d be able to...
the path to freedom
I sit in quiet and wait. Though I've been nagging God for answers and insight, He remains silent on a particular issue I keep bringing before Him. I'm puzzling over the questions I'm asking--are they the right ones? Is my focus in the wrong place? Maybe. And some...
a world of wonder, and a fragrance of redemption
The air breathes cool through the open window, wafts past the “clean...
things my mother never taught me
One day I’m going to write a book, my adult son Casey tells me. It’s going to...
when fear rises
I wake with a headache and a stiff neck. I shiver in the breeze of the...
being free isn’t just a holiday
A thread unravels from the edges of her old shirt in the dryer and winds...
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