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APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I will never forget the days I spent with my friend Bonnie. She welcomed me into her home and family in a way that I had never experienced before. She spent time with me, even though I was a rough -around...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  It's a Thursday afternoon and my daughter and I are having a play date at a friend's house. Their kids have a dreamy playroom, with many cool things that are all neatly organized. As I look around and see...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Have you ever looked for something, afraid you'd actually find it? Maybe a job you worried you'd fail miserably at, so you never applied. Maybe friendship at a moms group, but you doubted anybody would...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  One of the most difficult transitions into manhood involves being accountable for our own actions. My sons have had a favorite excuse over the years that my husband and I have shot down time and time...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  The callings of motherhood can loom large. We live in a world filled with various voices who tell us what must be, should be, better be done. Through the constant barrage of insistent opinions, expert...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  "Father, greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." Thank You for the men and women, some of whom those listening knew and loved, who have given the ultimate sacrifice so...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Many of us grew up learning about the fruits of the Spirit in Sunday School. Maybe you learned the song, or maybe you had a coloring sheet. We currently have a puzzle for my little girl with the Fruit of...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  The word friend has become muddy during the last 10 to 20 years. As defined in the Oxford language Dictionary, a friend used to be someone we had interest in common with or a shared history apart from...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I heard the alarm go off from the kitchen as I prepared breakfast before the boys left for school, but there was no movement from the occupant of the second door on the left down the hall. I hadn't...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Do you ever get overwhelmed by the size of the task in front of you? I certainly do. When I began writing my devotional A Little Goes a Long Way, I stared at the blank page and blinking cursor, thinking to...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  While I watched stretch marks creep across my belly, people watched O.J. Simpson race across Southern California. The news included the words "Ethnic cleansing" and "genocide" and the images to prove it,...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  When my daughter was just over a year old, we visited my parents at their house out in the country. I sat back on the porch and watched my parents blow bubbles with my little girl. Instead of watching for...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  As I write, what used to be a house full of children feels a bit quiet. Our children are all busy pursuing their own lives, and while we're so happy to watch them soar, I can't lie, my mama heart is...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  The tension in the gym that evening was palpable. The junior varsity basketball game had been chippy the entire four quarters, and the score reflected two teams who had worked hard, neither of whom wanted...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  “I love you, Mom” she said as she exited the car every morning as I dropped her off at her high school. Then she turned 16 and began driving herself to and from school. I'd be lying if I didn't say I...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I finally met Jesus over a pasta dinner in a Victorian church with bare brick walls, minutes from Buckingham Palace. My life trajectory changed instantly, knowing without a shadow of a doubt I was loved,...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Every little girl needs a pair of pompoms. My daughter loves to visit my mom's house. Nana always surprises her with something like a pack of stickers or a coloring book, whatever she might have picked up...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I didn't even know castles existed in North America, but apparently there's at least one, and I got to spend a week there for a retreat. It was the perfect place to spend a few days soaking in the truth...