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Desperate and Deceitful
Most people who commit to memorizing Scripture begin, I imagine, with passages which are familiar to many both inside and out of the church. John 3:16 is a likely starting point. The reference shows...
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Barefoot: Guest Post by Lyla Lindquist
Have you met my friend Lyla? You should. She makes me laugh. And she makes me think. I believe she understands my world in ways many others can’t; the world inhabited by tall women married to...
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Spiritual Direction: Sacred Listening — A Guest Post by Jean Wise
Several years ago I became friends with a woman who told me she was trained as a spiritual director. I came to faith at a young age and had grown up within the church but, until I met this woman, I had...
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UBP Like It’s 2012
It’s that time of year again, time for Ultimate Blog Party 2012. If this is your first visit, welcome. Let me show you around. (And if you’re an old friend, you’re welcome to stay, too. Just don’t...
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The Games of Children
“Did you ever play mumbley-peg?” My husband and I were sitting around a table enjoying after-dinner conversation with friends when the discussion turned to games we had played as children. Mumbley-peg,...
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The Long Bike Ride: A Guest Post by Michelle DeRusha
It is a curious thing to me, the way online friendships develop. I remember starting out as a blogger and clicking randomly on links posted by others, never knowing who or what I might find. I clicked...
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Mom’s Box of Me: Guest Post by Sheila Seiler Lagrand
Every now and then, someone new stops by my blog and leaves a comment. Sometimes they come back; sometimes they don’t. Some become regulars. We start visiting one another’s blogs. We become friends....
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So I Stopped Eating: Guest Post by Emily Wierenga–And a Giveaway
(Update: Congratulations to Dawn St Amand Paoletta who was selected at random to win a copy of Emily’s book! Thanks to all who stopped by with your kind words) O for a thousand tongues to sing, my...
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Double Pepperoni
“Hope you’re keeping cool in here,” I said as the teen girl handed my dry cleaning over the counter. “Not really,” she said. “They won’t let us turn on the air conditioning anymore.” My first...
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When Your Baby is Having a Baby
When my kids were young I used to tell them that someday, when they had children of their own, I was going to buy each one of them a pony. It was really more of a threat than a promise, as in: If the...
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