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How’s Your Heart? WORD17, Week 23
Welcome to WORD17, a scripture memory program. Find this month’s posts concerning PS 37:7 here. Have you ever experienced a heart issue? Truth be told, people tangle with heart problems – some in the natural, all in the spiritual. After reading Andy Stanley’s Enemies of the Heart years ago, I found myself focused on the…
#YourStory: Niki Hardy
From Survivor to Thriver Living God’s Abundant Life in the Midst of Life’s Raging Storms By: Niki Hardy Thirteen years ago, I got a call from my sister, Claire. It was time. I rushed from my home in Oxford, England to Vancouver, Canada, to sit, with my mum’s hand in mine, and pray, as her…
Dear Teacher, We Praise God for You ~ 2017
They’ve spoken into our lives. They speak into children’s lives even today. They plant seeds and dreams. They encourage and correct, hold feet firm to the task. They love and rebuke…and then love some more. They are teachers. We’re wrapping up yet another school year. It seems appropriate to thank those fearless warriors standing on…
A Prayer for Our Graduates
A prayer for our graduates is here. Last week proved to be a whirlwind. But it was the type that tossed with good. Our oldest stepped across the threshold between high school and his adult future, eagerly grasping a diploma of “You did it!” Joel graduated high school. I’m not the crying type, but a couple…
WORD17, Week 20
They say its weather sometimes reacts with a temper. I’ve never been to the Sea of Galilee, nor seen it’s temper, but they may be right. Today, however, we’re not focused on the sea or its weather. We’re here to gaze further into the lives of James, John, Simon, and Andrew – fishermen casting their nets on the…
WORD17, Week 19
Welcome to WORD17, a scripture memory program! You’re welcome to join us any time. This is week #3 of the month. It’s our “graphic week” for WORD17–for John 21:6a. To catch you up, here’s the WORD17 schedule: Week 1: Verse intro Week 2: Dig into the verse with tools and conversation Week 3: Verse graphic Week…
How Do We Honor Our Mother? Mother’s Day, 2017
Mother’s Day is upon us. Many of us will give flowers or some other gift of meaning or beauty. Some of us will miss our mother altogether, her life most certainly gone too early. And others of us will acknowledge there’s a woman who gave us birth, but the relationship stops there. One thing is…
WORD17, Week 18
Welcome to WORD17! Last week we grabbed our new verse for the month here. This week we’re diving into the verse further. It’s what they knew. Life on the sea became the norm. The boat, nets, ripples of water – they proved familiar. The slimy scales of fish did, too. How else would they have made…
