Have you ever felt like God whispered a promise into your heart? I keep thinking about teenage Mary and the dramatic promise Gabriel gave her, that she would conceive through the Holy Spirit and the child growing inside her would be called Son of God. Whether it is a very personal promise or a prophetic […]
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The choice to trust God from right in the middle of our grief, our doubts and our disappointments rises to heaven as a fragrant offering, a special occasion, because the moment is fleeting. We can only offer Him this weak, pain-filled and vulnerable gift when we are in the dark and the darkness will not last.
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As a little girl sitting in one of the front few pews of our church, I could feel the curve of the wooden pew behind me. It made me very conscious of my posture. I would sit up tall and arch my back to match the backward curve of the pew. As I straightened out […]
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I read the email a second time, just to make sure I understood. There it was, plain as day: We could not recover the files. My heart sank into my stomach. Last October I had about one third of my book completed and then my computer crashed. We replaced the faulty drive and tried to […]
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One of my favorite things about church is the worship. I belt out worship songs with my whole heart—not caring who hears me. There are songs about God’s love. There are songs about His holiness. But some of my favorites are the anthems that remind us of His might and sovereignty. It is strange how […]
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