This is What Leaving Looks Like
“Just slip out the back, Jack. Make a new plan, Stan. Hop on the bus, Gus. Just get yourself free.” When artist Paul Simon sang those lyrics in 1975, he probably was NOT thinking about domestic abuse. No, I KNOW …
Category: Insights
Restore Us
I was blessed to attend the recent Restore 2022 Conference at Judson University. The subtitle, A Conference Restoring Faith in God and the Church, hinted at the truth that our society is experiencing right now – many people have lost …
The Enduring Love of God
Valentine’s Day came and went. Messages of romantic love and Pal-entine love, even Gal-entine love were sent across the cyber spaces among young and old alike. Bouquets of red roses and heart-shaped boxes of milk chocolates, edible arrangements of chocolate-covered …
Running Away (A Guest Blog)
Like a child wanders from her mother in the store to look at what catches her fancy, so am I when I glance at the trappings of this world…and I’m gone in a flash. Just like that child on a …
Strength of My Heart
Okay, my imagination or has the month of January 2022 actually turned out to be THREE months rolled into one? The longest 31-day span in history, I believe. Time has stood still and perhaps not in a good way this …
Wait. You’re Expecting?
Mary and Joseph were expecting. Maybe they weren’t exactly sure of the full implications of the baby she carried in her womb, but they had the word of God, the promises of God that this Son would be the Messiah …
Soup and Gifts — A Guest Blog to Help Us Prepare our Hearts
Just thinking about life as I made some turkey vegetable soup. Funny that soup would remind me of the years I’ve been blessed with. My life has had a delicious flavor; there have been so many components or ingredients that …
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Where is God?
We have all asked the questions. Those hard questions. “Where was God when my husband hit me?” “Where were you, God, when I was all alone and nobody believed what was going on in my home?” “God, do you even …
Little Wife Gets A Little Smaller
Little Wife wasn’t always little. She remembered a day when she stood tall, slim and proud in her lacy Victorian wedding dress. She remembered being pretty and funny, clever and smart. She was confident in herself and sure of her …
Don’t Hold Out for the Disney Ending By Karolyn Dekker
My son and I enjoy an ongoing debate. He prefers a movie with a dark side that concludes in an unexpected way, avoiding an unrealistic wrap-up with a happy ending. His rationale? That’s life! Those movies are a better reflection …
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