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“Here’s the truth,” my best friend said, “The excuses are real.” She had just completed a major hike and was sharing what she had learned. It was just what I needed to hear. It’s true. The pain and the going without and the interruptions–they’re all real problems that work to keep us from doing the […]
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” – Galatians 2:20 When we say, “I will surrender tomorrow,” […]
It’s Thursday in Montana. I’ve had the trip of a lifetime, and now I’m watching the smoke from forest fires settle over Whitefish and hide the mountains from view, like a gray cloak concealing a precious work of art. Back home in Florida, my family and friends are bracing themselves for the threat of Hurricane Irma, which CNN is simply calling, “a monster.” With images of Hurricane Harvey still fresh in our minds, almost everyone I know has filled at least part of their days with prayer or worry or both this week.
How big is God’s Kingdom when it comes to finding help, comfort, and support right now? So often, I thank God for the blessings that seem to come directly from Him. And when I take the time to think of it, I thank Him for the blessings that come from the hands of others, too. […]
[In honor of Bullying Prevention Month, the folks at MORF Magazine asked me to share how I overcame bullying in my own journey. For me, the answers came by asking the right questions. My original post on MORF Magazine is here, and here’s a copy below.] Nothing helped me get over the bullying I experienced […]
The first time I fell in love with the written story was when I was about nine years-old, and my mother read an Emily Dickinson poem to me from a leather-bound . . .
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