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Child’s Play – A Story from the Closet
Muffled sounds could be heard from one of our bedrooms as my husband reached the top of the stairs. The serious tone of our little girls’ voices grabbed his attention so he stood just outside their...
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Breaking Free
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite movies. The story centers around a young French merchant sailor, Edmond Dantes, who is about to marry the love his life, the beautiful Mercedes. The...
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A Cause for Celebration
We woke up to what had to have been a doozy of a storm the night before. Tree branches and sticks were strewn all over the yard. I made an announcement to the kids before we started school that we were...
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Confessions of an Ex-Soap Opera Addict
Hello, my name is Barb and I’m a former soap opera addict. (Yes, I know that sounds like I’ve just introduced myself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.) From the time I was 10 years old until the...
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Raising Thankful Lepers
The picture Jesus paints for us of the final days for planet Earth in His Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 is hardly cheery. In this passage He warned His disciples of looming famines, earthquakes,...
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A Promise Broken, A Promise Kept
This July my husband and I celebrated 29 years of marriage together. I am incredibly blessed to have been married to this godly man who also happens to be the love of my life, my best friend, father...
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Where’s He Going, Anyway?
As my husband tucked our then three-year old son, Ian, into bed over 14 years ago, he held his chubby little face in his hands and told him, “Ian, you’re going to be a big man someday. And you’re going...
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The Pain of Being Alone {and how you can help the lonely}
To keep myself from going stir crazy while my husband and son were away on a trip a few weeks ago, I planned some day trips. One of these included a day with my 88-year old widowed mom who lives an...
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Don’t Boast When You Post (Choosing Humility Over Self-Promotion)
Several years ago a fictional man by the name of “Larry Boast” came as a surprise guest to a father/son mentoring club my husband led. Mr. Boast bragged on add nauseam about everything under the sun....
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Epiphany of Joy
Growing up in a Christian home I benefited from learning about Jesus early on in my life. Though I didn’t fully grasp what it meant to be a Christian at my young age, one thing I knew was that I did...
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