She was a rising third grader back then when she signed up for her first basketball camp at school. Back when she considered giving up. Now Grace is a rising sixth grader with three years of practice and games under her belt. She's signed up for a week of...
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why bloggers need your feedback
I decided to start blogging after sitting through a frustrating board meeting. After hours of listening to the founding member of a new ministry share ideas that seemed incomprehensibly irrelevant, it ignited a fire inside me. I realized that if a leader doesn’t care...
how to be happy: declare yourself bankrupt
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...
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...
the path to freedom
I sit in quiet and wait. Though I've been nagging God for answers and insight,...
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...
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