Free Because of Christ’s Great Love
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (CSB) On the Fourth of July, we take stock of the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Often, the day is...
View ArticleHow to Encourage Someone When You Feel Stuck and Far Apart
One of my best friends had a miracle baby last month. I haven’t been able to hug my friend or hold her tiny bundle of joy. I haven’t been able to sit on her couch, linger over a cup of tea, and hear...
View ArticleJesus Is Our Greatest Tradition
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 (NLT) For many of us, Thanksgiving Day holds more traditions than the rest of the year combined. From the Macy’s Day Parade to the...
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Here’s to a Simple Christmas
A simple Christmas — don’t we all, to some degree, hope for just this? For an opportunity to opt out of the hustle and bustle this season generally brings? There always seems to be just so much to do....
View ArticleWe Thank God for YOU!
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that...
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The Best Kind of Shopping
Growing up, my mom and I went shopping every Black Friday. She raised me to be a bargain hunter, and the day after Thanksgiving was our main event. We pored over the Thanksgiving newspaper sprawled out...
View ArticleRejoice in the Source of Our Hope
Many of you might be feeling a bit weary. I can hear it in your voices. I can read it between the lines of written words. I am weary too, friends. From big things to small things — health, family, a...
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A Simple Christmas: No Other Gift Can Compare
I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. I love the shimmering beauty and festive spirit of Christmas: the sparkling lights, the joy-filled carols, the alluring packages carefully arranged...
View ArticleLeaning into Our Ethnic Roots This Christmas
Celebrating Christmas as a kid made me feel thoroughly American. Buying a tree, hanging stockings, and having candle lights in the windows was the most connected I ever came to my non-Indian classmates...
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A Simple Christmas: Gifts From the Heart
Sisters, I’m going to admit something ugly here. This is a safe space, right? Lean in close so I don’t have to speak these words above a whisper: I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. There,...
View ArticleA Wonderful Story of a Wonderful God
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone...
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Merry Christmas!
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (CSB) Wishing you and yours a very Merry...
View ArticleTomorrow Is Full of Fresh Mercies
Then it will be as though I had sprinkled clean water on you, for you will be clean — your filthiness will be washed away, your idol worship gone. And I will give you a new heart — I will give you new...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV) Wishing you the happiest New Year’s Day! May you feel peace knowing...
View ArticleA Mother’s Day Scripture & Video
This Mother’s Day video – click to view – is based on a blog post written by our very own Lisa-Jo Baker. May it encourage and remind you that: There are those who say this is ordinary. Don’t buy that...
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On This Memorial Day :: For The Heroes And Those Who Love Them
If looks could kill, she vaporized me on the spot. In spite of her laser beam pupils boring into me, I kept my voice level. Calmly and gently, I addressed my concerns with her child’s behavior towards...
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Happy 4th of July!
Photo by Scott Robinson On this 4th of July, we are once again reminded of the privileges we enjoy–and we are exceedingly grateful for everyone who protects those freedoms. Thank you to the men and...
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Jesus in the Metadata
I had a dream recently, the night after I participated in a Help-Portrait event at the Allume conference in Greenville, South Carolina. I saw a sheet with a list of names, highlighted in blue, of...
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When You Want Your CHRISTmas to Have More Christ and Less Crazy
~ excerpt from The Greatest Gift ‘Big and glossy and loud and fast -—- that’s how this bent-up world keeps turning. But God, when He comes to us — He shows up in this fetal ball. Christmas is coming...
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A Thanksgiving Scripture
Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to Him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King...
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