Monday Morning Musings with McKenzie

McKenzie stretched out on my bed this morning, and pulled up a piece of her Barbie storage container.  I quickly caught on that she was reading the Bible on her iPad.  What followed was the most curious account of the commandments…. In the name of Jesus, to the evening of London, you must obey your parents. […]

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These are the Threads of Our Lives

Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.” — Corrie ten Boom  A Facebook friend posted this quote, and it struck close to my heart this morning as I am struggling to free myself from a tangle of questions […]

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The Unmistakable Truth

I can remember when I was no more than four, carrying a pickle jar into our new house on Armen Avenue in Dayton Ohio.  I can picture it clearly in my mind, just as clear as the store we used to go to that had a large fish tank and an escalator.  But the location/exact […]

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Detoxing with God

My sister wrote a blog post on Forgiveness that reminded me of a D-Now teaching I wrote a couple of years ago, entitled Spiritual Rehab.  As Christians, we know that our old destructive practices and attitudes must be replaced by new, healthier ones. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to […]

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Thank You, Captain Obvious!

I posted on Facebook yesterday a comment about submission guidelines.  As I prepared to submit my revamped novel, I was scouring the publisher/agent websites, and I began noticing a pattern.  A majority of the guidelines included a warning for certain story elements that would deem the manuscript unfit.  I like how Desert Breeze Publishers worded […]

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Learning to Say No

I was watching the news this morning, and I saw one of our church member’s face flash across the screen.  Unfortunately, it was their mug shot.  I entered his information into our system, sent him a visitor follow up card, and even joyfully printed his baptism certificate.  But he stopped coming, fell off of my […]

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Creamed corn…without cream

Last week, a friend began to tell me of a recipe to make creamed corn, without cream.  I made an offhanded comment to her husband that he would probably make a lesson out of that.  He is known for starting with an eyebrow arching title.  But somewhere between your initial assumption that he is absolutely […]

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The Fountain of Youth

Growing up, I never attended summer camps or vacation Bible school. This past year I attended my first summer camp with the youth from my church. Nestled up in the mountains, the lodge we stayed in at Camp Y’Shua was a wooden lodge with wrap-around porches on the top and bottom level. I chatted awhile with […]

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In Love I Trust!

In what do you trust?  When problems overwhelm you, tragedy seems to be hiding around every corner, and you can’t seem to get out from under the weight of all the junk of this world, where do you turn?  As Christians, we naturally answer God.  But the question remains…in what do you trust.  Do you […]

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Hello! Is Anyone Listening?

            Following a three year abusive relationship, I moved to Arizona with my sister and her family.  I was distrustful of others, had little to no self-confidence, and I was angry at the world and myself.  On the second day I was there, I was combing the town for jobs.  Having no transportation of my […]

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