A guest post by Dawn Klinge | edited by Nicki Schroeder In the elementary years, my daughter and I had an evening ritual. After her little brother went to bed, we’d snuggle together under warm blankets and I’d read to her. I loved most of her books, but there was one neither of us cared […]
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A guest post by Deb Wolf | edited by Nicki Schroeder A little over a decade ago, I was the last person in the world who should be talking about peace. I was diagnosed with high anxiety depression, living in a constant state of agitation and worry. Peace always seemed like it was just beyond
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A guest post by Diana Abe | edited by Nicki Schroeder When I was a teenager, I befriended a woman who was always hunched over. We eventually became close and she told me she was forced to carry huge sacks of wheat on her back as a little girl. She used to get tortured in
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A guest post by Marva Smith | edited by Nicki Schroeder Do you believe that the way you start your day will determine how the day will go? If so, you’re definitely part of a majority. That thinking is why motivational videos are so popular. Look on YouTube and you’ll have choices ranging from moving graduation speeches
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A guest post by Melanie Redd | edited by Nicki Schroeder I remember as if it was yesterday. It happened almost daily. Someone would come back to class after a bathroom break, prepare to sit in their yellow plastic chair and pull up to their desk, begin to sit down and then the unexpected happened.
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Have you ever had a song stuck on repeat for days on end? I love the song “I am who you say I am” by Hillsong. It’s based on John 8:36. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” I sang it at a church service recently and it has been
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Ever have moments where life has you down? Let Jesus pick you back up! Give me grace Lord, for the humans who threaten to bring down my day. Give me grace Lord, when the children are crazy and loud at their play. Give me grace Lord, when unkind words shatter deep into my soul. Give me
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I don’t know what happens when you hear God calling you to something, but I typically do what Jonah did. I run the other way. Especially when it doesn’t fit into my tidy plans. Sometimes I run so hard and so far that I fill the calendar with a million other little things to avoid
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