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To The Shadows
I went to the dentist last week. And every time I find myself laying on that dentist chair with my mouth wide open as the dental hygienist cleans my teeth, I can’t help…
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Loving is Learning
I’m a crier; moved to tears by, well, pretty much anything—Disney movies (Onward and Elemental gutted me!) music (Josiah Queen’s, most recently), and anytime one of my kids takes the stage for a…
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He’ll Make the Most of Your Fishes & Loaves
Growth looks different for all of us. For example, over the last, oh, I don’t know, five years or so, I’ve gotten better at letting my family live in my house. Allow me…
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Dear God, Have You Considered Doing it My Way?
I started running as a seventh grader and never stopped. Now, I don’t mean actual running—I’ve taken plenty of breaks from that over the years—I mean running around. As a high school student,…
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Know Your “Why”
All I had to do was get on the Interstate. The trouble is, I had no idea where the Interstate was. Lost I learned to drive in the family minivan, primarily by driving…
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February Pro-Life Challenge: Immerse Yourself
Do you remember the moment you aligned yourself with the pro-life movement? My draw to the pro-life movement started young, after passing by a small brick building in my hometown, its lawn dotted…
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If Our Love Story Was a Novel
I’d been denying it for months. But when Samantha handed me a note from her brother Ben and my heart slammed against my chest, I knew I couldn’t any longer. I liked this…
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Houses & Holiness
One year ago, we moved into our little house on the prairie. Moving day brought such a sense of relief, as our previous home had sat on the market for months without so…
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Sunshine and Roses
Ah, Valentine’s Day. You either love it or you hate it, right? This is the twelfth Valentine’s Day my husband Ben and I celebrated together, if you can believe it—we’re high school sweethearts.…
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Don’t Give Up
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” The verse from Galatians 6:9 kept popping into my mind when…
