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Mar 15, 2023

The before-and-after love that saves

I heard the text come in. Picking up my phone, I saw that my oldest son had messaged me. “I made it onto their social media cover,” he said, and

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Feb 28, 2023

Instead of “forgive and forget,” I choose to forgive and remember

After decades of silence, it has arrived at last. Like a tsunami, revelations of longstanding sexual abuse within the Amish and Mennonite circles have finally, in recent years, “made land,”

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Feb 23, 2023

What we need isn’t a national divorce, it’s national repentance

This week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, made headlines when she called for a national divorce. “National divorce is not civil war, but (is) becoming a necessary reality because of

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Feb 23, 2023

What we need is not a national divorce, it’s national repentance

This week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, made headlines when she called for a national divorce. “National divorce is not civil war, but (is) becoming a necessary reality because of

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Feb 16, 2023

For those on the edge of “Almost,” don’t delay

In recent years as I’ve been out and about in the world, meeting folks, they’ve come home with me. And by that I mean there are many who have burrowed

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Feb 07, 2023

The truth about gender

Years ago when our youngest son was a toddler, I sent him out to the back yard with his brothers. Thinking that he was safely ensconced in his Exersaucer at

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Feb 07, 2023

“I don’t have the strength anymore”

It was Sunday evening here on American soil. About the time we were starting to think about going to bed, preparing tomorrow’s breakfast, loading the coffeepots, and kissing the kids

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Jan 31, 2023

When you need a “God stop,” then quit with the pillows

This post is for all of the big-league “pillow carriers” in the world. It’s for you, moms and dads, who are agonizing over a struggling child, and you’re desperate. You

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Jan 24, 2023

When Mother prays, things happen

The photo you see below is precious to me. This son of mine is the one you will read about below. After years of selfish living, what pours out of

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Jan 18, 2023

No Panera? Just bring what’s in your lunchbox

This post is for the one who feels like stale bread, thin soup. I have known seasons of exhaustion and fatigue, feeling inadequate to keep all the spinning plates from

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