The First Dark Christmas
I remember the day in Rome, When Constantine sat enthroned, And decided once for all, That Christmas each year should call For feasting, happiness, and
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The Gospel and Your Regrets
I don’t like being vulnerable. This may surprise some of you. I know I haven’t written for a while, but if you’ve followed this blog
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Don’t Tell Me He Lives in My Memory
I wasn’t planning to read a book on flowers. My sister and I had just finished a spontaneous coffee date before she had to leave
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Can You Be Sad and Still Have Faith?
I want to tell you three stories. ________ The First Story… …is of a beautiful young girl living in Russia. Her heart has just been
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When the Darkness Does Not Lift
Every single day, I go for a walk by the water. I am blessed to live in a place that is beautiful, five minutes away
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One Year of Grief
It’s November. Which means it has almost been a year to the very day since my brother’s accident. It’s been 350 days. Two weeks short
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Does God Strike Low Blows?
Veneetha Rendall Risner had undergone twenty-one separate surgeries by the time she was 13 years old. She had contracted polio as an infant and spent
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To the Fellow Believer Struggling With Prayer
A few times this past year, I received letters from close friends, at a time when I was struggling with very similar emotions to the
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The God Who Turns Graves Into Resurrection Beds
I have five siblings in Heaven and four of them – Honor, Miracle, Trust, and Promise – were taken to God before birth. I wept
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When God Takes Away What He Gives
Isaiah wanted a little brother since the time he could look around, and realize he was the only kid in the troop of his kind.
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