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Your Life in the Chronicles of Women
I have been reading the Bible through and am nearing the end of the chronicles of the kings. I have whiplash. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoram did evil in the eyes of...
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The Flag at Your House
Yesterday was the first sunny day after a week of rain, so I put on walking shoes and took a slow, Sunday morning walk around the neighborhood. The wind was blowing a bit, and as I rounded a corner I...
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That Uncontrollable Emotion
Someone may have to shampoo my hair for me today, because I spent a long time bent over in the garden yesterday, weeding rows of potatoes and spinach. My arms and shoulders are sore. Gardening makes...
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So You Want To Be Filled
It stands above the roofline, the aspen on the north of the house, and it is special because we took it as a sapling from my husband’s childhood home when it was sold. But this spring the leaves came...
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That Thing You Value So Highly
When my mother-in-law sold her wooded 72 acres in Kila, Montana, one of our tasks was to clean out the garage and pack everything. But the garage had become home to a few pack rats. Bile just rose in...
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A Most Daring Prayer
I say it to my coffee in the morning, Do something. A small idolatry –hoping to get all strength for living out of 12 ounces of caffeine. God says to his people, “Bring in your idols.” And he demands...
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What Will Satisfy You Today?
My personal re-telling of Ezekiel 8… He dug into the hole in the wall, as instructed. There he saw a doorway. Opening the door and stepping in, letting his eyes adjust to the dark, he looked and saw...
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How to Develop A New Layer of Personal Character
“Do you think one coat of paint is going to cover this primer?” he asked a few days ago. In his right hand was a paintbrush. In his left hand was a bucket of white. “I don’t know. Red over white?” I...
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