Mother’s Day for Step-Moms: Give Yourself Joy!
I am a Step-Mom. Statistics suggest, that half of the families in America are stepfamilies. It boggles the mind, doesn’t it? Which means most of us find it awkwardly necessary to learn to interact with a former spouse. During these times insecurity, jealousy, and...
A Prayer Beside the Alabaster Jar
Father, I pray for all women, those who are Christian and those who are not. I pray for each one to know your love, your peace, and your joy. Father, you know the secret places of each woman’s heart. You know their fear, their broken places, and their dreams...
When Silence is Basic
God has been pulling me back to the basics lately. Things like vacuuming, ironing, and cooking. I am a relatively good cook, but I don’t like to cook because shortly after spending a couple of hours cooking, then you have to clean it all up too! After I eat, I just...
Because We Don’t Know What To Ask
Runners love our little country road, because it is easy to mark off four miles, the scenery is beautiful, and houses are not too far away to get help if needed. I miss running. I miss running with my friends at 5 A. M. in the mornings. I miss beating my best time,...
What Does it Take to Be Brave?
What does it take to be Brave – an Arsenal of guns, ten thousand young knave? What does it take to be brave – In the face of a lie, when facing depraved? What does it take to be brave, when your dream loses traction and spins in a cave? How does one feel when...
Living Between Breaths
Doc and I have been out of town for almost two weeks for conferences, and I’m playing catch-up with laundry; and, right now the laundry gets points for out lasting me! I would rather sit and talk to my friends online, or try writing something inspiring, then...
Beyond Ink and Parchment
In the Washington Times, there is an article about a Bay Psalm hymnal from 1640 going up for auction and expected to bring about whopping $30 million dollars! It is up for auction by Boston’s Old South Church, a church where Samuel Adams was a member and Benjamin...
Dreaming About High Places
Do you have a God-size Dream? Do you know that God placed that dream in your heart before the foundation of the earth? Did you know that when He placed that dream in you, that He gave you the feet needed to walk on your high places? God has placed in me a...
Friendships OnLine
It's Five Minute Friday, and today's prompt is FRIEND. Ready, Go! I’m really not sure how it all began. I commented on her blog, she commented on mine. It really might have begun right here on Five Minute Fridays. One of us found the other by commenting on...
Because There is Beauty In Brokenness
Despite concern about meeting strangers, and having a roommate that I didn’t know, I went to the Jumping Tandem Retreat last weekend. Walking through the doors of this sunny lodge, the weight of the world lifted from my shoulders, even before the first...
You Are My Hiding Place
You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble, and you surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalms 32:6-7 I have been in Washington D. C. this week then on to Nebraska, for the Jumping Tandem conference, and have used this as down time to listen to...
And When You Are Here You Are Not Alone
What can I tell you about the girls I hang out with beginning on Thursday night? Then in the wee hours of Friday morning we all share mad writing skills. I can tell you that we write Life. We write encouragement. We give sisterhood to so many who are lonely,...
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