I’m not a patient parent. I get frustrated easily and sometimes I let my impatience show. The last thing I want to do is make…
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Love is in the Details
Stuffies and giftware, cards and chocolates seem to be everywhere during the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. I remember as a young adult, pondering…
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As a child, I remember waiting for Christmas. It was a magical and exciting time, a mixture of expectation both spiritual and material. Although I…
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As I sat down to write this blog, I realized I had some serious work to do. 1 Corinthians 13:4a contains just five little words…
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Zechariah and Elizabeth had given up hope. They had prayed for a child for years and never heard an answer to their prayers. They watched…
View More A Different Kind of Christmas MiraclePatience: It’s All About Timing
I’m not a patient person. I try to be, but more often than not I find myself becoming impatient. I have never liked waiting, especially…
View More Patience: It’s All About TimingBe Patient, God Is Not Done
Do you ever feel like everything is on hold and life is passing you by? Maybe you feel like the plans God has for your…
View More Be Patient, God Is Not DoneA Promise for Troubled Times (A HOPE-Filled Scripture)
There are days when trouble seems to come knocking from the minute I crawl out of bed. It can be little, insignificant things like not…
View More A Promise for Troubled Times (A HOPE-Filled Scripture)Old Testament Examples of Hope: Leah
I’ve never understood the way Jacob treated Leah. Even as a kid the story of Jacob and his two wives bothered me. Why did Jacob…
View More Old Testament Examples of Hope: LeahA Hope-filled Pastor’s Wife’s Legacy: Guarding the Trust
My husband pastors two small churches that are each around 150 years old. Often, as I sit in the pews I can feel the weight…
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