We blame Satan for a lot of stuff. When things go wrong, we blame him. When we are tempted, we blame him. When we get sick, when we suffer…we blame him. I hear it all the time, “Satan is sure beating me up this week. He is really after me.” Why do we...
When your dreams die, it can feel just like a time when someone you loved died. Nothing seems right. In fact, this is exactly how we are supposed to feel about death. Death is intended to be offensive to our spirits because deep down, we know we were created to live....
I’ve heard some pretty tragic stories lately. A single mother is watching her two girls suffer under the injustice of their father and his new girlfriend living it up while they don’t have enough. Another single mom just saw her daughter come back from the...
The year I turned forty, Caleb was twelve, Megan was ten, and I became pregnant! That summer, when I was twelve weeks along, we were visiting my family in Vermont and had taken a trip down to New Hampshire to see one of my aunts and cousins. The last full day we were...
A friend of mine was hesitant to join a Bible study because she did not know the Bible and its stories very well. She said she was afraid we’d sit in a circle, and when it got around to her, she wouldn’t be able to answer the question. Thankfully, her fear...
Sometimes dreams die. I’ve heard all the cliches, and probably, you have too. Things like, “before the spring comes, things must die.” While those sayings are true, they don’t help much when you’re stuck in winter. What is helpful is being...
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