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Windows and Wallflowers

June 4, 2025 Maureen Miller Home, Start a Conversation
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So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:36 NIV). *Wallflower–a flower symbolizing faithfulness in adversity.* “I just want to be… normal.” That’s what I said to myself more times

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Using Gratitude to Reframe Paralyzed Fear into Hopeful Courage

December 12, 2024 Laura Greer Home, Inspiration
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The prison created by my paralyzed fear almost caused me to miss the gifts God had waiting for me. We were young parents who had just lost our home in the Great Recession. My mental

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Peculiar Place

August 9, 2023 Maureen Miller Home, Start a Conversation

I discovered my ‘Peculiar Place’ just over thirty-two years ago. Alone in my living room, I went to the window for the very last time. And on this particular morning, I did so out of

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War Isn’t a Game

July 27, 2022 Debbie Hardy Inspiration

War isn’t a game. Did you let your kids have toy guns? I tried to keep them from my sons, but they would “make” their own. A stick, a pencil, or a piece of toast

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Free Indeed

July 22, 2022 Diana Derringer Home, Inspiration
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People long to be free, but, without the right guide, they will never be free indeed. From late teens to senior adults, the group arrived, and each individual found a chair. A few talked and

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Worth the Price

July 14, 2022 Charles Huff Home, Inspiration

I was fourteen, lying in a hospital bed far from home. Surgery had gone well, or so I was told. But I hadn’t slept well. I usually lay in a position half-way on my stomach

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If Jesus Had a Dog

July 13, 2022 Maureen Miller Home, Start a Conversation

Mother’s Day weekend 2013, a mixed-Pyrenees pup joined our family–not long after our adopted daughter, having suffered great loss, too, joined us at the age of almost three. Unlike our other dogs who were purely

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The Price and Cost of the Ultimate Freedom

July 12, 2022 Janet Beagle Christian Living, Home

Unless you’re an accountant, you’ve probably never thought about the difference between price and cost. I didn’t until today. But while we may use the words interchangeably, there is a notable difference. Cost is what

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Setting the Captives Free

July 9, 2022 Tom Toya Christian Living, Home

I have always enjoyed music. I first began my musical journey learning to play beginning piano from a teacher. In fourth grade, I started playing the cello. Then, I took up the guitar during my

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The Mystery of Freedom and Eagles View Mountain

July 8, 2022 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Home

Mysteries, freedom, and Eagles View… Four wooden rockers creaked in unison as we soaked in spectacular vistas atop Eagles View Mountain. I sat awestruck as always, only allowing the breathtaking wonder of each moment to

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