A Peculiar Mom
“I’m peculiar.”
If she said it once, she said it a million times. That was my mom. For a number of years, my sister and her son lived with our mom. My nephew always lovingly told her she was “weird”. Her response? “I’m not weird; I’m just peculiar!”
She was correct. As one of God’s treasured possessions she was peculiar....... >Read More
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Deut 5:16,
Family,
family issues,
family values,
mom,
mother,
Mother's Day
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Lost Boys (and Girls)
He was 52 and his father in his mid-70’s when they learned about each other. No kidding – they had each lived all those years without knowing the other one existed. Well, the son, whose name was John, knew he had a father, or had at one time, but his mother had told him that his father had died... >Read More
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becoming a christian,
come home,
faith & spirituality,
Family,
lost,
prodigal son,
reconciliation,
reunite
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Loving God Through Loving Others
A sign outside of a church once read, “Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read”. Christians are urged to love God and to love others. However, loving God THROUGH loving others is sometimes easier said than done. Beth Scholes from FamilyLife Canada faced the reality that sometimes Christians are labeled... >Read More
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affair,
becoming a christian,
beth scholes,
challenges & confict,
community,
faith & spirituality,
Family,
FamilyLife,
growing in your faith,
hardship & suffering,
life stories,
love,
priorities,
TruthMedia Films,
values
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Breakthrough This New Year
Are the people in your house about to embark on another set of New Year's resolutions? Encourage your loved ones towards the goal. If you're feeling stuck, here are a few simple, deliberate steps that can help propel you from vision into action.
1. Commit. You might take a step or two in the right direction, but until you are... >Read More
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Family,
family values,
healthy marriage,
LIFE,
Men,
new year's,
priorities,
purpose,
Women
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Did God Invent Cake Pops?
My daughter, Michelle, opened the oven – the cake was a flop! It was supposed to be a layer cake. She had planned a luscious filling, and either fluffy frosting or flowers created with fondant. It would have been almost too beautiful to eat. But an ingredient was too old, or the oven temperature was wrong, and there it... >Read More
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alone,
Christmas,
divorce,
Family,
hope,
lonely,
redeem
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Keeping December 1st Sacred
In our family December 1st is one of the most sacred days of the year. Come rain, snow, sleet or hail nothing can stop this day so sacred (Ya, I know, it doesn’t rhyme but you try rhyming with ‘sacred’). On this day of days I enter the crawl space and haul plastic tote after plastic tote up the... >Read More
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Christmas,
december,
Experience,
Family,
family life,
family values,
FamilyLife,
healthy marriage,
holidays,
LIFE,
Men,
neal black,
newlywed,
parenting,
priorities,
remarriage,
traditions,
Women
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Counting My Blessings
During November, our family often made an acrostic using the word thanksgiving. We'd list things we were thankful for, using words beginning with each letter. When our children became teenagers, words like telephone, summer, and ice cream topped the list. Now with grown children, I exchange a thanksgiving list with my pen pal each year.
But...... >Read More
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Bible study,
Family,
Lydia E. Harris,
small groups,
spiritual growth,
spirituality,
thankfulness,
Thanksgiving,
Women
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Prioritizing Your Ministry to Your Kids
My youngest child and only daughter recently celebrated her eighteenth birthday. My... >more
Encourage a Dad Today!
I was the lone female at a men’s conference... a rare opportunity... >more
What Do You Fear?
