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Finding Hope

Finding Hope

It was a tumultuous time when people did whatever they wanted. Basic needs like food were not even accessible. People were leaving the familiarity of home simply to survive. One particular family felt the impact immensely when both the husband and two sons died,...
The Myth of the Ideal Woman

The Myth of the Ideal Woman

There’s something amazing about a little girl who’s too young to understand gender stereotypes. She’s fearlessly free. When one of my daughters was four, she brought home the worst school picture she’s ever taken. She was a frenzy of energy back then – so wild, she’d...
God of the Mundane

God of the Mundane

Over the past few years I’ve cheered as many friends start new businesses, join ministries, or change careers now that their families are grown. Their new endeavors have spurred me to realize that I could make a big change as well. However, whenever I have considered...
A Disciple’s Guide to Risk-Taking

A Disciple’s Guide to Risk-Taking

The YouTube video almost made me sick.  I was watching Felix Bumgardner set what, at the time, was the highest skydive in history.  A balloon carried him 24 miles into the stratosphere where he stepped out of his capsule in a pressurized suit, looked around where...
Everyone Needs a Boaz

Everyone Needs a Boaz

For those of us who grew up in the church, there is a tendency to skim over familiar stories in the Bible because we have read them or heard them taught several times. The story of Ruth is one I remember being taught in Sunday school, with a felt board full of...