Prepare Your Heart for Worship with God’s Word
Lately, my Sunday mornings have looked a lot like a season finale of The Amazing Race. I run out of my house five minutes behind schedule, spill coffee on my shirt, and spend 30 seconds trying to make the stain disappear before running back inside to start from square one. On the drive to church, I hit every red light.…
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5 Psalms for When You Start the New Year Feeling Sad
For many people, the holidays can be hard. But sometimes it’s even harder when the season is over. Maybe you feel a sense of disappointment as you take down the lights on the Christmas tree or say goodbye to loved ones who live far away. Perhaps Christmas is difficult because it reminds you of hard times or the loss of…
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HOW DO I FORGIVE IN THE NEW YEAR?
In late August, just a few short months ago, my husband and I stood at the altar of a small church packed with our closest friends and family and vowed to love and care for one another in sickness and in health. Among other things, we also vowed to forgive each other when times got tough. In fact, in the…
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7 New Year’s Resolutions from Proverbs
Sometimes figuring out a good new year’s resolution is just as hard as keeping it. What will help the people around me? What will help me live in a better way? What can I make into a life habit? Look no farther than Proverbs. It is chock full of practical advice that makes for some great New Year’s resolutions. So…
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5 Psalms to Encourage People Who Care for an Aging Loved One
One of my earliest memories is of tent camping with my grandma. It rained three straight days, but that didn’t stop her from cooking Dinty Moore and popcorn over an open fire for my grandpa, sister and me. She invented activities, played games and fought the never-ending battle to keep our sleeping bags dry. I was convinced that she could…
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Do You Have the Right Attitude Toward Giving?
I remember when I first started to give away part of my money. I was 4 years old, and it definitely wasn’t my decision. My parents told me that it was part of the deal if I was going to get my allowance of $1 per week: I would get $1, and I had to give $.10 away. I agreed.…
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One “To-Do” You Might Have Forgotten this Christmas
As I write this blog on December 22, I have checked a lot of things off my Christmas “to-do” list. I have: Made my family’s famous Christmas cookies—the kind my grandma, mom and aunts have made every year since 1953, when my grandma clipped the recipe from a magazine to celebrate her first child’s Christmas. Traveled across multiple states to…
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