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My heart wasn’t into it, and it showed—more parenting advice
A pet peeve of my mother’s was when I would do what she asked, but not with a heart for it. She chose me often to clean the bathroom because…
How did I know?
"How did you know what you were supposed to do?" My 11th-grade daughter asked about my choice to be a missionary. What a loaded question. "You always seem to know…
Don’t leave snow in the corner
My father was a builder. He was good at his job. It wasn’t until later in life that I appreciated how skilled he was. He never finished high school in…
Stay close or you might lose your voice
Have you ever been scared? So scared that you couldn’t find your voice? I have! Many years ago, when I was a child, I got lost in the woods near…
What’s a visa? When you live at the mercy of immigration.
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Do you ever feel like you are always at the mercy of what is happening around you? I have, many times. For nearly 38…
I don’t like debt but I had a green carpet
We got married a few years before we moved to Africa. We bought a small townhouse from a lovely older couple. Because we spent all that we had on the…
Family dysfunction, a tangled web
Do you think family dysfunction is a new thing? I just finished reading the story of Abraham and Sarah. And while I've read their account many times, I'm still confounded…
I was a wallflower
A long time ago, I was a wallflower. I was quiet and kept to myself in a crowd. I’m still like that from time to time. When I’m in a…
Just because
Did you ever think that God does what He does for you just because He loves you? I was reading this morning in Genesis 19 about the destruction of Sodom.…
Let’s go on a walk
I love going on a walk. In the past, I’d combine walking with running but my knees began to complain. So, I took up walking instead and later on learned…
