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Mar 27, 2017

“There is one Holy Spirit, and you’re not Him”

Though it happened years ago, I remember it still. There in that century home with its high, towering ceilings and wooden stairs that creaked, it had been Armageddon. A knock-down,

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Mar 23, 2017

On baking day, I remember the Plain(s) Women

I slide open the drawer and reach for the card. I carry it to the counter, then bend low to pull out the mixer. I collect eggs. Milk. Butter. Yeast.

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Feb 23, 2017

To cure in-secure-ity, speak life, give love

Things have been a little quiet here on the blog. That’s because I’ve been busy enjoying my life and putting more of my thoughts strictly on Facebook. But today? Today,

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Feb 20, 2017

Being a “Filler of the Cup” is a privilege

So here’s the thing. When I was a young girl, then a young woman who became a young wife and a young mother, I was so very hungry. Hungry, desperate

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Feb 16, 2017

While you’re waitin’ for answers, wait for Him

It caught my ear when she said it today, “…while I’m waitin’ for answers.” Odd, for I’d just been thinkin’ on that very thing. In the morning hour somewhere before

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Feb 14, 2017

Your name’s engraved on His palms–always chosen

I’ve been holdin’ off on postin’ anything about Valentine’s Day today. Facebook and social media can be just terrible sometimes, can’t they? So very hard, lookin’ at everyone else’s “highlight

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Feb 08, 2017

Walk free, hurting parent (you’re forgiven)

For the burdened parent today, a word to help you “swing free,” like a child. To know peace. To walk in His love instead of shame… I woke up, and

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Feb 06, 2017

When you’re not on their radar, you’re on His

This post was started earlier this morning at a local coffee shop. I was going to meet a friend there, and I had slipped in earlier for some quiet time and

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Feb 01, 2017

Why you don’t have to be the perfect parent (just keep plantin’)

Today, I speak to a young mother who’s in the thick of it with small children. I speak also to the parent who’s raisin’ older ones and who’s waitin’ for

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Jan 31, 2017

Why you need ‘stones of remembrance’

At the great river’s edge, they pause. Waters rage, waves roar and the current’s rushing fast. The vast throng stands, breathless. Pulse-drum thumping in ears, breath catching, they watch. To see.

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