A carefully chosen word can create a thousand pictures. I truly believe this statement. In fact, my life as a writer depends on it. I’m a word person. Words call to me, even when I
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Category: Inspiration
From a Distance: Getting to the Heart of Abortion
It’s 6am and morning’s earliest light sneaks through the blinds. The warm, pink bundle stretches, then snuggles closer, deciding that cuddling in grandma’s arms is better than waking up. I look into her soft, innocent face and thank God for His goodness. New life—what a precious gift!
Read moreOne Word for 2013 – Making Life Changes
If you could select one word for 2013, what would that word be? One thing to focus on. One thing to improve. One thing to overcome. One thing… I started participating in the My One
Read moreChristmas Giving
If its the thought that counts, then consider yourself gifted. After all, grace is given each of us by God to cheer us up, eggnog notwithstanding. I believe, for example, that we’re called to prophesy.
Read moreNot My Gift
I have always wanted to be a great artist. When I look at a painting on the wall, I get so much from that simple canvas. Many emotions are tied in it, and I want
Read moreCan You Cancel Christmas with Twenty-Two Kids?
One year, things had been particularly stressful for months. Bad news, seemingly insurmountable challenges, illnesses, and even deaths were all piling up along with the endless stack of bills to be paid. Another blow was dealt to us just days after Thanksgiving and my husband and I had reached the breaking point. “That’s it!” We declared that we had just had enough and we were “canceling Christmas.”
Read moreThanksgiving Parade
A tree works to grow, its roots reaching down low in this world that you made The fight’s hidden and slow, the fruit finally shows in its outstretched shade And I watch so amazed as
Read moreAn Inspiring Interview with Author Cindy Sproles
Cindy Sproles, Executive Editor and co-founder of ChristianDevotions.us, has a new devotional out, entitled New Sheets: Thirty Days to Refine You into the Woman You Can Be. I’m pleased to welcome her for today’s inspiring
Read moreA Journal of Thanks
For several years now, I’ve followed a November tradition introduced to me by my friend, Cathy Strawhorn. It has changed my life. It’s a simple, but eye-opening exercise. Beginning November 1 and continuing until Thanksgiving Day, I journal five things a day I’m thankful for.
Read moreGetting So Much More by Tina Hunt
In August 2004, my family moved to a new town on the other side of the state. We located in a town halfway between the two construction jobs my husband was working. We were somewhat
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