Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness. Genesis 1:26 We long for true friendship. Deep within us, there is an incessant yearning to share our lives and inner selves with others. We want someone to talk through the hard things with and laugh over the funny things with. We want someone who knows us well and loves us…
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Easter in the 80s: How A Dress Changed My Perspective
I grew up in a mid-sized Southern Baptist Church in South Alabama. During the 80’s, this meant certain things when it came to Easter. For one thing, it meant taking the usual Church Clothes up a notch. Everyone dressed up for Easter. My family was no exception. My mother made sure my brothers and I were dressed to the nines…
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The Ministry of the Mug: Serving Your Spouse in Love
“Through love, serve one another.” Galatians 5:13 I have a terrible habit. Every morning I take my coffee out to the porch where Nate and I have our quiet time, and every morning I forget to bring in the empty coffee cup. Instead, I leave it sitting on the table next to where I sit. It quickly becomes a prime…
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Grace that Giggles & Wears Pink Rimmed Glasses.
She came to us in April. Ragged and filthy, she wore only a flimsy shirt two sizes too big and a diaper that was dirty inside and out. When I opened the door, she was draped across the social worker’s shoulder, sleeping like she never really had before. I gathered her tiny body and took her to the crib in…
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Adopting Rachel
December 8, 2016 Three years ago on December 8, while I was frying bacon, God asked me to say yes to foster care. Several times in my life His voice has been so authoritative, that I had no doubt it was Him speaking. December 9, 2013 was one of those times. Today- exactly three years later – we adopt Rachel…
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God Delights in Doing What You Least Expect
August 8, 2016 Sometimes I just can’t get over God’s ways. Like the way he pushed the early believers out of Jerusalem and into the world to spread the Gospel through persecution of all things. And then, He dramatically saved the primary persecutor and made Paul one of the foremost missionaries of the very mission he had previously tried to…
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