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What are the character traits of effective Christian adults?
Parenting is not an exact science, to be sure. When our children are young and we are in the trenches, doing the day-to-day work of it, we don’t often step back to think about the character outcomes that we … Continue reading
Counting my Blessings
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” Psalm 100:4-5 (NIV) Thankfulness . . . where do I begin? As I think about my life this week of Thanksgiving, I … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Encouragement, Thankfulness
Tagged blessings, faith, Thanksgiving
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A letter to our daughter-in-law
Dear sweet daughter-in-law, You’re the calm to his crazy—the yellow light to his green. You’re the planner of his perpetual parade. You laugh at his jokes and deflect his teasing with giggles and grace. You are intelligent, athletic, and beautiful—excited and … Continue reading
In Honor of My Daughter on Her 16th Birthday
My daughter always gives me goodnight hugs…goodbye hugs, too. I don’t know what I would do without them. She is a girl who is excited about life, and friends, and school…the joy in her soul bubbles over as an ever-present smile … Continue reading
How to Have Peace in an Uncertain World
From the beheading of Christians on our TV screens, to the bombing of innocent people from Boston to Paris by terrorist suicide bombers, not a day goes by that we are not confronted with horrific events that lead us to fear … Continue reading
Posted in Salvation, Spiritual Encouragement
Tagged Christianity, Encouragement, faith, good and evil, Paris, peace
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