Inspired by blogging friends, I asked the Lord to show me a verse that he wanted me to focus on for this year. Instead, …
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The Gingerbread Village
The miniature gingerbread house’s wall collapsed. With icing-coated fingers I retrieved it and sighed as I propped it …
What I’m Reading: Amish Vampires in Space
If you’ve visited a Christian bookstore in the last decade, you’ve no doubt noticed Amish fiction is as ubiquitous as …
The Faux Palm Tree
My aunt stood in our family’s yard with her arms extended, pointing a digital camera at the neighbor’s faux palm tree. …
What I’m Reading: Paint Chips
I should have a rating system based on how long it takes to read a book because the faster I read it, the better it is. …
Dry Ground
Joshua 3:9-17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the …
What I’m Reading: Running Lean
Painful is the word that best describes Stacey’s struggle with anorexia in Diana L. Sharples’s young adult novel, …
The Parable of the Baker
Once there was a baker who ran his family’s bread shop. After years of providing bread to his community, sales declined. …
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Focus is a positive quality because it can boost productivity, but focus has a dark side that may lead to …
Thought Bubbles
I sometimes joke that I'm glad God didn’t create me with a cartoon thought bubble floating above my head, especially …