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Words You Never Want to Hear – “It’s Cancer” {Guest Post by Micah Maddox}
(Excerpt taken from Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World by Micah Maddox.) They prepped my adoptive dad for surgery and we waited. Just weeks before we had received news that no one ever wants to hear—“It’s cancer.” There are so many emotions that bombard your heart when you hear these words….
WORD17, Week 28
Welcome to WORD17! August’s memory verse is here! As a reminder, WORD17 will be quiet for the remainder of the month as we move Joel to college and watch our other two blessings head into the busyness of a new school year. But WORD17 will be back in full force, coming to you each Monday,…
Deepen Your Faith with These 5 Easy Summer Reads
Ready for some summer reads? Maybe you’re a Christian fiction reader? I wasn’t–until recently. How did I not realize this missing piece of life’s puzzle?! Fiction jetted away some time ago on a 15-year vacation. Desire to dive into her words waned – she was gone! Non-fiction remained, and I clung dearly to many reads…
How We Can Help New Moms
How can we help new moms? How about this question first: Have you ever been a new mom? Maybe you know one? Perhaps your church even has a few? During Tony’s Navy tenure, I found myself wearing the role of “new mom” three times. Joel arrived first followed by Rebekah a couple of years later….
Grow with these 10 Promises of God ~ #WORD17, Week 27
Do meditate on the below 10 promises of God? We read the Bible. We study its words. Do the promises our Daddy situates within those pages sink deep within us? Do we allow them to go to the depths, to light a glimmer of hope when there seems to be none, to offer an aromatic…
#YourStory: Iris Peterson
Please join me in welcoming Iris Peterson to the blog. Iris and I met through the online writer’s training group, COMPEL Training. Her words are humble but staunch in the Spirit. There’s power in their midst. Enjoy! As I walked out of my co-worker’s classroom, I realized that decades of questions and moments of…
Doing Busy Better {Book Review}
“I don’t want to get more done; I want to get more of the right things done.” ~ Glynnis Whitwer Doing Busy Better is not a book about accommodating a busy schedule. It’s not a read that stresses and presses more onto our already-weary shoulders. No. These words of Glynnis Whitwer spring forth with gentle…
Headed to the Beach? Take these 9 Verses with You.
Headed to the Beach? Sand and waves and water – who doesn’t love their offer? Many of us will be heading to the beaches this summer – and a few more will be dreaming of the offer. There’s something of God each of us shouldn’t miss at the beach, however. Whether you dream of…
