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The Other Half of God
I grew up in a church that didn’t talk about women in ministry. Women were Mary and Martha (of Bethany). That was it. We could help in the kitchen, type memos in the office, take care of babies in the nursery, or show hospitality by greeting people who came to church. We could attend studies,…
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Blessings Abound in Obedience
“May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2:12 NIV “Why can’t I do science first?” my daughter asked me one morning as we were starting our homeschool day. I’ve answered…
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The Fullness of Loving God
“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Mark 12:30 ESV).” This morning, as I did my quiet time, I was especially drawn to this verse. I prayed the verse over my family members, for my…
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My Truth in Psalm
I am God’s daughter. I look like Him. I possess His qualities. I am unconditionally loved. I am His to care for. I am His to guide. I never get to stop being His. I am Christ’s friend. He enjoys being with me. He wants to share with me. He desires good things for me.…
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Classroom Chaos to Virtual Success: My Evolution as an Educator
Like many a bright-eyed future teacher, I began my teaching career as a student teacher in my twenties. I loved the bright-colored bulletin boards and seeing the names above every door. I loved seeing the excited students come for “meet the teacher” night, and I reveled in all the pencils, markers, and notebooks. School supplies…
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Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter
Subsequently published at The Creativity Webzine in March 2025 Unreasonable Expectations I want to begin with sharing my eighteen-year-old dreams for the college experience. I believed it would be a time of fun, freedom, love, and all the benefits of adulthood. I expected to arrive at college and have instant connections with others. I believed…
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Practicing Stewardship Over my Body
I dragged myself through the door with my kindergartener in tow. I barely made it up the stairs before the urge to lie down overtook me. I crashed into the bed as my daughter rummaged through the kitchen looking for a snack. She found one before coming into the room to see me almost passed…
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A Spirit of Sound Mind
“For God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV I don’t know about you, but there are certainly days, weeks, months, and even years of my life when I have not felt like I had power, love, or a…
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Creating a Quiet Time
It’s become a beautiful ritual that I guard as sacred. I’ve tried several times through the years to become a consistent Bible reader, but it didn’t stick. I would read a few chapters here and there, but by and large I didn’t know the Bible well. I have trouble making things routine, but God moved…
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Becoming who God Created you to be
What do you really need? Christians know that what we need more than anything is to be saved from our sin. We need to accept the gift of salvation freely offered by God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If we don’t have that, then it doesn’t really matter if we have anything…
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A hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 12:13