Three-week-old kid goats, Maggie and Chocolate, butt heads during the day, but as dusk falls, they warm one another. Separation as they play causes one to cry to the other for protection. Watching them reunite makes me smile. Why does behavior that seems intuitive to baby goats not come naturally to humans? How do we […]
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We learned to avoid curfew by signing out in the evening and then showing up in the morning for class. Those nighttime escapes made by my college friend and myself became more frequent, and her grades began to slide. I suggested she might need to focus on school more. She responded angrily, and our friendship
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My neighbor walks every day, and we often wave at each other and share a few words. He’s an ex-marine with COPD and not in the greatest of health. Today he admitted he’s becoming a hermit of sorts because of the virus. He shared that his great-grandparents and their families lived through the Spanish flu,
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These gorgeous, flowering vines are surrounding dark, cramped bird cages. My imagination hears the flowers inviting those locked in cages of dark and angry thoughts to come out of their cramped quarters. My own experience confirms it’s difficult to think rationally and creatively when filled with unresolved anger. Lacking hope, my brain and heart are
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My enjoyment of this young woman’s anxiety was a bit overdone, but I couldn’t resist. As I pulled into the driveway, I noticed someone sitting on the mountain bench atop my pasture. For this stranger to get there, she had to climb over a barb wire fence or unchain a gate as she walked past
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Dianna’s life peacefully danced into eternity yesterday at 3:15 PM. Her long-standing chronic lung problems (not Covid) could no longer support independent breathing. Ventilator and drugs promoted comfort and breathing, but they couldn’t sustain her tired organs. It seemed God was calling her from the earthly chapter of her life to His presence in heaven.
WHY???? Why persist in valuing one people-group over another as if their ideas and beliefs are more valuable? We are all the same blood, created in the image of God, for the same purpose. If you believe that statement, then you should take to heart this – As Joshua approached the city of Jericho, he looked
I’m hearing this worrying statement spoken a lot, “You know, the number of Covid-19 cases is spiking in our area.” My reply, “Yes!! Didn’t we kind of anticipate it?” But I go on to say, “If our nation doesn’t get back to work, we’ll be dealing with an economic depression.” We will see sickness and
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“If you, in unity with My children, summoned by My authority, bend the knee and intervene through prayer, seeking and requiring My face, turn to Me and leave behind negative attitudes toward Myself and man; then I will hear and answer from heaven, I will forgive your sin and heal your land and inhabitants.” Not
Infected with Covid-19, nursing her newborn and battling accusing voices in her head, Lilly tearfully sank to her knees. “God, I can’t do this anymore,” she cried. As a child, Lilly knew the goodness and forgiveness of God. She spent her adult life flirting with sexual promiscuity, the occult, and disrespect of caring authority figures.
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I had the wondrous privilege of watching my grand-daughter’s birth. As her lungs took first breaths and eyes opened to bright light, all present heard her welcome, healthy cry. Minutes later that cry was replaced with peace as she was cradled in her mother’s loving arms. This child brought nothing with her except her precious
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Jo was fearful when I met her in May of 2018. Her anxious thoughts concerning return to China had triggered histamines, inflammation and upper respiratory congestion. She was aware of increasing persecution of Christians in China. We swapped emails and prayed for one another before her departure in June. Jo emailed in July, “Things are
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