I have heard the phrase “leave a place better than you found it” and have attempted to make it a motto for places I go and relationships I have, and over the years there are a few fundamentals I have learned that take this motto a step further. I speak as one who feels like […]
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David was anointed to be the King of Israel when he was a young boy. The promise of his destiny and his reign was etched into his life from his youth and carried for years of disappointment, frustration, and confusion. I wonder how David must have felt when the prophet Samuel came to the house
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Some dear friends of ours who were missionaries in Papua New Guinea for over 30 years were sharing a story with us one day about some of the frustrations they had in the village where they served. These friends were sent by New Tribes Missions, into a small village in a remote part of the
A letter to women…. There are thousands if not tens of thousands of different cultures in the world today. Shaping those cultures are ideas and belief systems. Many of the belief systems revolve around a religion or a world view–the lens through which we view the world. If I make culture my starting point in
I know we get tired and we want to give up. I know that pain gets “old” and like rocks in our shoes rubs, cuts, and callouses. No one wants to hurt. No one wants to experience pain. The truth is that all of our lives are bent towards pain. It hurts to stay stuck
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“It’s the thought that counts.” That is often the phrase I fall back on when I attempt something with good motives only to find it fell short of it’s expected goal or crashed altogether. My intentions are what I want people to see even if the outcome was not favorable. Motive and intent are huge
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I have to admit that I am not a believer in New Year’s resolutions. I figure if I didn’t have the ambition to do it in July, I won’t have the ambition to do it in January; besides I have so much life change that happens in my life on an almost monthly basis, that
“When I surrender to the reality that what I get here on earth is moments– moments of understanding in the midst of craziness and suffering; moments of community in the midst of loneliness and isolation; moments of forgiveness in the midst of shame and struggle; and moments of hope in the midst of hard (sometimes
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This summer, while my husband was gone commercial fishing, the kids and I decided to go halibut fishing with our Pastor, and his neice. We motored out well into the Cook Inlet to some designated halibut “hot-spots” and prepared to bait our hooks. Some of the best bait for halibut happens to be herring and Rick, our Pastor,
I was driving last weekend through a blizzard. I hate blizzards. I don’t like not being able to see clearly where I am going. I panic when the boundaries are obscured and I cannot ascertain if it is a 60 foot drop to my right, or a wide shoulder where I can pull over. I
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