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Tangible Ways to Thank Our Veterans
Today America celebrates Veterans Day. Veterans Day honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace — although it’s largely intended to thank living veterans for their sacrifices. As a mom and daughter of military men, I am especially mindful of what...
Ten Ways to Prepare Your Teen for the Real World
My oldest son, Kevin and his wife, Michelle recently gave my husband and I the best news we've received in a long time: We are going to be grandparents! Aaah! It's exciting and unbelievable. How did we get here already? The past several years has been a series of...
Trusting God When the Future Feels Uncertain
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all...
The Many Shades of Grief
Last Thursday would have been my mom's birthday. Each year since her death when I flip the calendar to October, my eyes gravitate to her day. My heart is a prisoner to grief's tightening grip all over again. It's been six years. When does this get easier? There is no...
“Your life is God’s story being told and His character being displayed. How does your life read? What is your life telling others about the God you Serve?”
Pricilla Shirer
“You must ask for God’s help. After each failure, ask for forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.”
C.S. Lewis
“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grains to give bread, broken bread to give strength.”
