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Where Ingratitude Begins

Where Ingratitude Begins

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” – Maya Angelou Lately, I’ve been thinking about gratitude.   Mostly, how I don’t have enough.   In the last few weeks, I’ve heard two messages on...
What It Really Means to Be Strong

What It Really Means to Be Strong

Our culture really values people who are strong — especially when that strength is in women. I mean, don’t we all long to be seen as a strong person, someone who can handle whatever life throws at us and make it through — no matter how difficult the...
The Art of Hoping

The Art of Hoping

I’m not a glass-half-empty kind of person. In general, I tend to be cautiously optimistic. Except when it comes to myself. You see, even though I’ve had good things happen to me before, I have this weird voice somewhere in the back of my mind. This voice...
The Lies We Believe

The Lies We Believe

Yesterday my husband taught a lesson in our Sunday School class. It was about the passage in Matthew 6 that talks about worry — and how we shouldn’t do it. There were a lot of great points made by him and others, but one thing he had written in his...
May We Never Lose the Wonder

May We Never Lose the Wonder

We all have moments in our life that mesmerize us with wonder and bring us in awe of God. For me, some stand out distinctly: Like the time I was missing my family while on a study abroad trip to Europe — and then, as I stood a hill overlooking the Irish Sea, I...
One Word 2015: Clay

One Word 2015: Clay

A lot of people pick New Year’s resolutions to follow each year. Those are all well and good, but they tend to not work for me. I much prefer to select one word to focus on. The last few years, I’ve done this and enjoyed looking back at the results. Two...