Author: Rhonda Schrock

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Oct 10, 2016

The hurting, the lost–that’s my ‘district’

There he sat with those blue, blue eyes. From the day he came to us, everyone had said it. “He looks just like his dad.” Now, nearly 27 years later,

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Oct 05, 2016

Why you can trust your loved ones to Him (and why you should kick fear to the curb)

The day lies before me, cool, young. Dew-kissed grass twinkles, diamond like, in morning’s sun. In the sky just over the fence, blue shades into lavender shades into peach, and

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Oct 03, 2016

For the lie that fuels porn, truth that frees

Today, I’m going to speak as plainly and as carefully as I know how. As I write, my heart is attuned to the voice of the Spirit, and I’ve asked

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Sep 27, 2016

For the one who’s hatin’–it’s time to love the skin you’re in

In my kitchen, a pack of stew meat rests atop the stove, plucked from the bulging freezer. Ah, Mister’s provided so well, and I’m grateful. Soon, I shall gather up the

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Sep 21, 2016

Don’t miss hurtin’ kids in your pathway–help us parent

It was a year ago. Even now, I can see it. On that very spot, two schools had come together to run the Panther home course. Including the dreaded *Suicide Hill.

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Sep 19, 2016

If you want to change culture, start lovin’ the ones you’re with

FacebookTwitterGoogle+DiggPinterestBlogger “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift

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Sep 13, 2016

When you’re afraid of mistakes, His hand

“I’m worried,” he says, “about making mistakes.” At school. I drop to my knees beside his bed. “My teacher talks kinda loud, so when I mess up, I get embarrassed.”

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Sep 12, 2016

Dear parents of daughters, We’re actually on the same team

Dear parents of daughters, Of all things, it happened again at church. There we were, talking about parenting in this tough and mixed-up world, and there it came. I used

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Sep 07, 2016

When you think that you’ve married the wrong one, He full-fills

It was on a blistering August day in the summer of 1987 that two dark-headed, naive, but determined kids walked up the aisle, gave the assent, pledged their troth, and

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Sep 02, 2016

For women–our sin is no better than their lust

If you have been following me here for any length of time on the blog, you’ll know that I’ve begun to speak quite frankly. To teach plainly and boldly on

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