10 blogs that I love
I love reading. It’s something my parents cultivated in me as a child. My preferred choice of books at the time were Peanuts comic books. I read them by the…
All of us need encouragement. There are times when an encouraging word holds us during the darkest of moments.
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Shake it off, how to cope when you get mixed signals
I know that not everyone will like or appreciate me in this world. That's normal, right? In my mind, I know this, but my heart doesn't like it. Not one…
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Living in peace: how to face the twins of doubt and fear
"On the evening of that day, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, 'Peace…
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More than money, but you have to spend it all
Because my life has brought me around the world, I learned there's more to currency than meets the eye. When talking about currency, usually what comes to mind is the…
There’s something about faith
There’s something about faith that I can’t describe. Some think faith is like a lever we pull to get what we want. Others think that it’s a name tag we…
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What time is it? When the airlines almost made me lose my cookies
Photo by Pegah Sharifi on Pexels.com “What time is it?” I nervously asked my husband as we landed in Europe to connect with our flight to the USA. I was…
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Attention screenwriters, the book is better than the movie
I remember when my youngest daughter discovered the "Chronicles of Narnia" movie series based on a series of books by C.S. Lewis. It didn't take her long to understand the…
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MIA on the shift because I’ve been busy shifting
Lately, we’ve been flying a lot. Counting our time spent in airports waiting for our connecting flights, we spent 24 hours going to Liberia and another 24 hours on our…
When sparrows fly: a journey from broken to beautiful
Simply put, brokenness and scars make us perfect candidates to carry God into a broken world. We can relate! This also means that when we are out among the storms and waves of this world, we will be wounded again.
A journey of hope and healing – Clinic in Malawi
I've been home for a week. Even though I've been working in Africa as a missionary with my husband since 1987 and have taken part in many outreaches of all…