Jan opened the door a few minutes after teaching began, hoping to slip in unnoticed. Every chair filled, she fought the urge to back out and leave. Instead, she closed her eyes, took a long,
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Tag: grace
When I Don’t Feel Like Carpe-ing My Diem
Finding God’s blessings in ordinary days The phrase carpe diem has been around for centuries. Though it’s often translated as “seize the day,” Horace, the Roman poet who coined the term, didn’t actually mean that
Read moreWhat Are You Doing in the Candy Aisle Again?
My heart has been rather heavy of late. The passing of a dear friend has reminded me how life is full of so many heart-breaking moments. And that reminder, in turn, has me mulling over
Read moreBlooming In a Traffic Cone
What a roadside weed, the apostle Paul, a traffic cone, and a terrible, horrible, no good day taught me about blooming where God plants us Yesterday began as an Australia day. That’s what we call
Read moreRediscover Your Identity in Life’s Shifting Seasons
There are seasons in life when we begin to realize that the roles we’ve carried for years are shifting. Sometimes it happens gradually. Sometimes it’s all at once. Career changes. Children become more independent. Ministries
Read moreWhen An Old Wound Resurfaces
What can we do we when we think we’ve healed from an old wound, only to find what we thought was a scar is unexpectedly ripped open again? Years have passed since I experienced a
Read moreExactly Where We’re Supposed to Be
Learning to Trust God Along the Way Rules. There are a lot of them, don’t you think? It seems the world bombards us with them as soon as we’ve mastered the transition from sitting up
Read moreIn Christ
I am in Christ, and He is in me Made righteous, His grace I see I am healed and whole because He suffered on the tree In Christ I am bold, In Him I’m free
Read moreGod’s Gift of Grace
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 God’s gift
Read moreEssential Questions for Believers
My life has been a bit crazy lately. In the last month, we’ve had a death in the family, celebrated our daughter’s pregnancy with an elaborate baby shower, traveled internationally, and begun a remodeling project
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