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Too Many Words

June 7, 2025 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
too many words

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the words of the wise keep them out of trouble. ~Proverbs 14:3 NLT Sometimes, when I think I’ve said a lot, I haven’t. Too

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Snapshots from the Family Album

May 23, 2025 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration
Snapshots from the Family Album--country road through fields with blue sky and clouds

I wrote “Snapshots from the Family Album” for the 2016 Kentucky Arts Council’s “Where I’m From: A Poetry of Place.” It uses the structure and style of Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon’s original “Where

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Is Life Supposed to Be a Roller Coaster? Finding Peace in the Ups and Downs

May 22, 2025 Terri Kelly Christian Living

If you like roller coasters, then the anticipation of the dips and curves is half the fun. Once you’re on the ride, the thrill begins, and a temporary euphoria takes over. Sometimes, we compare our

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Mother’s Day in a Daughter’s Garden

May 9, 2025 Joann Claypoole Home, Inspiration

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.   ~ Maya Angelou The inheritance I inherited my mother’s love of nature

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Slowing Down

May 3, 2025 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
slowing down

Then Jesus said, “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” He said this because there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his apostles didn’t even have

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The Little Man’s Amen

April 25, 2025 Diana Derringer Christian Living, Home
The Little Man's Amen--small boy in overalls in a wheat field

He sat quietly on his grandmother’s lap during a church service, quite an accomplishment for a two-year-old. While leafing through one of his favorite books, Nanny’s little man munched on snacks to help keep him

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How Understanding the Mysteries of the Last Supper Might Feed a Starving World

April 11, 2025 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Home
Jesus last supper

I believe the son of the one Father of all that ever was, is, or will be is alive and well. He sits at the right hand of His Father. All Authority on earth is

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Moving Beyond Betrayal

April 5, 2025 Martin Wiles Christian Living, Home
moving beyond betrayal

Then David sent for her (Bathsheba), and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. ~2 Samuel 11:4 NLT “I’ve had an affair.” Moving beyond betrayal takes stamina and more courage than we

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Fear vs Facts

March 28, 2025 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration
Fear vs Facts-Man on mountaintop

How quickly we can plunge from mountaintop highs to the depths of despair. We return from a retreat, revival, or mission trip overflowing with enthusiasm. Then we’re slapped in the face with the day-to-day reality

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Into Tomorrow Territory

March 14, 2025 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Home
Into Tomorrow Territory

“There are far, far better things ahead than we leave behind.” ~ C.S. Lewis Tomorrow Territory? It’s been said that C.S. not only believed but held fast to his faith and the resonating truth of

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When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. — Psalm 73:21-24 (NIV)

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Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you. — Hebrews 13:17 (NIV)
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