Every time I drive past the high school building looming by the cornfields on the outskirts of town, my palms start sweating. Maybe because my high school friends scarred me for life by making me watch Children of
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The Wrath of Momma
I slammed the bedroom door, plopped down on the couch and covered my tear-stained face with my hands. I had just yelled at my two boys, ages three and four, and now my heart felt
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Growing Grandparents Grandkid Style
“Grandma, we’re going on a bike ride.” The porch door slams as Dash, the cat my husband rescued five years ago, scurries into hiding. From the kitchen the aroma of biscuits, cooked apples, and sausage
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The ‘more’ of God we desire is in the ‘least’ of these we serve. I know this to be true because I saw a bumper sticker at a garage sale that read, “God is other
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“Born Again.” It’s one of those Christian phrases we hear but what does it mean?
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I have this image from a favorite childhood book. It was an adventure novel of two men, braving the wilderness and struggling to survive against daunting odds. It was the type of rough-hewn, straight-talking, no-holds-barred
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One Saturday morning, I headed to my hometown of Spartanburg to visit family. While in town, I also met Jayne, a woman who had advertised free liriope in Craig’s List. (I love me some free
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Parenting isn’t only for parents; it’s for the kids. I’m the oldest of three boys. The next arrived nine years later, and the third two years later. As the oldest, I learned from the starts
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Joint-heirs with Christ By: Josh Clevenger And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Romans 8:17 NKJV Sometimes
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