Author: Rhonda Schrock

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Oct 07, 2019

For modern-day Samaritans, His love (and ours, too)

Bohemian Rhapsody is the story of the band Queen and, in particular, its lead singer, Freddie Mercury. I have watched it three times now, and I can’t quit listening to

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Oct 01, 2019

The Prodigal Prayer Project

This blog post actually began as a Facebook post. I decided to share it here after names began pouring in, both in the public comments and by private message. As

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Sep 27, 2019

Let’s AMP it up for the red, white and blue

“The United States of America is a true miracle!” On the refrigerator door in my quiet, Midwestern home, these words. Above them on a small and simple card, the American

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Sep 19, 2019

Dear Mommy and Daddy, God is amaaazing!

Word has come this morning that little Lincoln has finally met “his God.” My mind struggles to picture what Lincoln is seeing, to hear what he is hearing. To know

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Sep 16, 2019

“So a white, Christian girl walks up to an atheist…”

The hour is late. Darkness has fallen, and we’re spending time with some friends. Around a camp fire that sprang, all spontaneous, from a time of heart-to-heart exchange, they have

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Sep 12, 2019

“I can’t wait”

In a town far away from here, a little boy is dying. For two years, he’s put up a valiant fight. Many who love him and many more who do

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Sep 06, 2019

Called to pray no matter what the party

In the picture, they’re gathered around, arms reaching. Some hands are lifted in supplication, and others are touching a man. In the center. The one in the middle of the

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Sep 04, 2019

Why I’m mostly happy and how you can be, too

“If we can’t live as happy people, then who will want what we have?” That’s what’s on my mind today. Some years ago, I was thinking about the word “happy”

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Aug 28, 2019

Why exposure can be a mercy and usher in revival

As you know if you’ve visited me here before, I come from a very conservative Mennonite background. I grew up on the Plains. My great-grandfather arrived on the prairie as

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Aug 09, 2019

The saddest word in any language

Two things today. I think perhaps the saddest word in any language is “almost.” It occurred to me as I was reading the story of Paul’s trial before the king,

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