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Forgiveness Fridays: When actions speak louder than words by Carol Bostock
We might hear of some grand acts of forgiveness – parents forgiving their child’s murderer, for instance – and think that our small acts don’t measure up. But daily life seems to be filled with the small stuff. Can we extend forgiveness in the daily, and if so, how? I love Carol Bostock’s story for…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Joy rides
Summer – sunshine, road construction, the laughter of a child at the fairgrounds… how’s your summer? Have you been to the fair?
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Weekly Devotional: Generation after Generation (8 in Sabbath and Rest series)
“I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.” Ezekiel 20:1–44 (NIV) We might read the Old Testament despairing that God’s people turn from him again and again. They follow the desires of their own hearts instead of aligning themselves with his plans;…
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Forgiveness Fridays: The miracle of forgiveness
Stories about forgiveness in the media draw my interest. I can’t help reading them, and finding encouragement in the ways people manage to forgive others. The stories that hit the news garner attention because they so often surprise us – how could someone forgive a murderer, for instance? Read on… I learned when writing The…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Bridges
“Like a bridge over troubled water…” We used to sing that Simon & Garfunkel song at church when I was growing up, not having heard of the rumored meanings behind it – drugs in some format, not God. But the Lord is our bridge, not only when the waters are troubled and murky, but when…
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Weekly Devotional: Sabbath Delight (7 in Sabbath and Rest series)
“If you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable … then you will find your joy in the Lord.” Isaiah 58 (NIV) So let’s get this right when we think about fasts and feasts – the Lord doesn’t want the too-holy-by-half fast, but rather the full-on-celebratory-party feast. Is this the picture many…
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Forgiveness Fridays: Forgiving as we are forgiven by Sharon Garlough Brown
Forgiveness – what about those of us who see ourselves as “good”? We don’t have a gripping conversion story to share of how God saved us miraculously. Or do we? Join Sharon Garlough Brown, author of the amazing Sensible Shoes novels, to explore this question. “But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”…
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Watercolor Wednesday: A day at the lake
A bridge, a boat, some trees. Where does this scene take you?
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Weekly Devotional: True Strength (6 in Sabbath and Rest series)
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:1–18 (NIV) In the passage from Isaiah that we’re looking at this week, the Israelites, rather than seeking the protection and help of God, the Creator, look to the created as they seek help from the Egyptians. But the prophet…
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Glimpses of wonder: Photos from Spain
I woke early this morning, still on Spanish time. Yes, I know it’s only an hour difference, but I like the thought of a wee bit of jetlag as I reflect on the week at El Palmeral and move back into family life in London. Jetlag – especially the proper “I’ve crossed many time zones”…
