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I Am Now Older Than My Mother

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You know that moment a child blurts out, “When I grow older than you, …” And everybody laughs. Because you know that isn’t possible. Well,

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire…

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She made Christmas. Not created it… It’s Christ’s day. Celebrating Him and all He is. His birth, life, death, resurrection—all to open a way for

Daniel 9 Oh, Lord, we have sinned. All this calamity has come on us, yet we have not sought Your favor by turning from our iniquity.

Finding Strength Before Lions

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I’ve been thinking a lot about Daniel lately. The Old Testament one. Not about his strength, his steadfastness, his willingness to follow God no matter

Remembering Christ as our Sacrificial Lamb on Easter

An Open Letter to My Sunday School Students

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I miss you. I miss meeting with you on Sunday mornings and finding out what’s happening in your life. About your new puppy. About how

You Want to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

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They named a drink after me. Usually had it ready the moment they saw my license plate. I’d walk in the door, and the whole

Ever Changing Me

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It was a book I threw together. Something quick for Sunday School to teach the lesson in a unique way. Nothing unusual there. My students

Mothering that Never Grows Old

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Parenting can be 24/7. For years. And for much of that time, you labor to work yourself out of the job. But some parts? They

Kids: Recognizing His Gift at the Heart of the Work

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I’m sure you’ve heard it. At least once. “Why isn’t there a Kids’ Day?”

In Memory of “Where were you…?”

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I heard it from my grandmother—the question of her day: Where were you on the attack of Pearl Harbor?