Author: Rhonda Schrock

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Sep 16, 2015

How you can know He is good (and enough)

The sun’s blazing glory just there by the barn. Rounding the corner, I see rays kissing my spot of sweet solace, the BOS. The Bright Orange Swing. I sit in

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Sep 11, 2015

“What better way to die?”

It had been a lot of long months. Moses in the desert. David with the sheep, and our son, stuck away in a factory. He’d watched his peers, full of

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Aug 27, 2015

When sitting’s the best way to fight

Morning has come. Rising, I head for the kitchen. With one, quick push of the button, hot, fresh coffee (that nectar of the gods) spurts, steaming, into my favorite mug.

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Aug 21, 2015

Letters from a Friend: You’ve got My permission to be happy (just like that)

Dear friend, I’m sending you this letter because you’re on My mind. Perhaps it was the colors, all the purples, reds and pinks with the yellows and oranges a-tangle. And

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Aug 17, 2015

Why “just trust God” doesn’t always work

I’m running down our country road. To the left, fields of corn roll, tassel topped and green-vibrant. To the right, acres of beans, wet with dew, are kissed by sun’s

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May 01, 2015

Joy unexpected, even here

One by one, 18 children in those 5 separate homes stumble down, bleary eyed, to the news: “It’s grandpa. He died in the night.” What a day. At our house,

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Apr 17, 2015

When the bright angels come, it’s “okay”

The last of the nine, he’d slipped into the world on a wintry day long ago. On a quiet, country plot with a garden and shop, the last of the

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Apr 03, 2015

How “Black Friday” brought Good on a Sunday

The crowd, it shouts. A governor questions, and then he washes his hands. A “stroke of the pen,” a press of the ring, and the accused is sentenced to death.

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Apr 02, 2015

Letters from a Friend: To answer your question, I AM

After a lifetime of Bible study, Sunday School and sermons, your head knows the answer. For the question, “Is God able,” your mouth says, “Of course,” then quotes verses, gives

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Mar 31, 2015

When Love comes calling, the crippled walk

It said one thousand words, that photograph, coming through the newsfeed.  On the windswept plains, a tableau unfolds, drawing the eye, catching the heart. To the right, an empty wheelchair,

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