Author: Rhonda Schrock

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Dec 20, 2016

It’s not a perfect Christmas (or family), but it’s a really good one

I noticed it when he left for summer camp. After dropping him off, it was as though the very house breathed a sigh, joists, rafters, shingles and window panes realigning

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Dec 17, 2016

When someone you love is dying

This is an odd kind of Christmas message, I know. In this high and holy season, the sights, the sounds, the aromas, they weave a bright, golden tapestry. At the

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Dec 14, 2016

For the weary perfectionist, “How to love, simply speaking”

The stockings were hung by the bookcase with care, and by the light of the tree, there it came… The world’s best coffee steaming in my favorite mug, I’m curled up

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Dec 14, 2016

For ministering to dry sponges, Pastor, thank you

Once upon a time on a rainy Easter Sunday, a family of five walked through its doors. They were country folks, that family of five, raised in small churches, and Plain

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Nov 30, 2016

For a fourth baby boy or an imperfect “house,” gratitude frees

“Every good and perfect gift…” I’ve been beggin’ the guys here for lists. If you-all are like me, you really want to pick something they’ll just love, and their joy

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Nov 28, 2016

When life’s disappointin’, His way is perfect

It’s Black Friday. The Schrocks et. al. have made the annual trek to their favorite ice cream stand in all of the world, for in this season they’re sellin’ fresh

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Nov 18, 2016

Consumed by your runner or your God (you choose)

This quick word on a busy Friday morning is for the parent (or spouse) of a prodigal. For years, as we walked through our own, private, desolate Kalahari time, nearly

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Nov 17, 2016

Dear husband, Love for your wife shouldn’t depend on her shape

Today, I feel the nudge, and so I’m casting myself on His mercy and grace for the doing, that His body may be exhorted and taught. I’m going to just

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Nov 10, 2016

Trump or Clinton, family or stranger, we’re all (every one) needin’ Him

It came to me, as many things do, in clear morning’s sun on the road. What a delight, after a lifetime of labor ‘neath a stern, forbidding, relentless taskmaster (for

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Oct 31, 2016

In our nation’s dark night, there is much one, small mother can do

It’s a warm, fall night. Mr. Schrock and I are out on the town with two of our boys, and my heart, it revels in their closeness. Ah, this life…

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