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Thankful for His Goodness | Even When I Can’t See It
Thursday Thankful MomentsDevotional #5 I took a few weeks off from posting devotionals to spend time with my family and to finish up some things on my to do list. But here’s what’s been on my mind the past week:…
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Trust | A Devotional
Have you ever had a season filled with faith-stretching? A distinct wilderness season? A wilderness season often feels like God is silent, or at least very quiet. Yet, He calls to us, “Trust me.” Trust in the Lord with all…
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Review That Book! Part 2: For Book Bloggers
(Click here for Review That Book! Part 1: For the Average Joe Reader) I’ve been posting reviews on my website since about 2018. I started on another website, one I’ve retired, and now I post them in the book review…
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Review That Book! Part 1: For the Average Joe Reader
I’ve been a book blogger with Bethany House for about 3 years and I’ve learned a few things along the way. One of them is, goodness, why wasn’t I supporting my favorite authors with reviews on amazon, indigo (or for…
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When You Can’t Sleep
I used to struggle a lot with sleeping when my husband had to be away (#militarylife). And then, my older son (now eight) started to struggle with fear. I couldn’t help feeling inadequate as I tried to help him to…
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Worship in the Battle
On the Run Before he was a king, David was a shepherd boy, an armour bearer and harp player for King Saul … then he became a man on the run, fearing for his life. The very one for whom…
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Take Courage and Lend Courage
Step Out and Take Courage What if your miracle was as close as your next step? That thing you’re praying for, planning for . . . what if God was saying, “Your move.” My Bible reading lately has been in…
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Shift the Atmosphere In Your Home | A Devotional
… 5 Keys to Inviting Peace and Joy In When my boys were little (not that they’re all that old at eight and six) I went through a season of learning one of my job descriptions: establishing an atmosphere of…
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Hope in the Wilderness
The Trial The promised land was close. The Israelites were fresh out of slavery, yet fearful for their future. “If only we had died in the land of Egypt!” the Israelites said. “Or if only we had died in this…
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For the Imperfect | Faith | Hope | Love
Eyes Above the Waves We’d all love to be able to say our faith can’t be shaken. But I, for one, am not too proud to see that it can happen. Take the Apostle Peter for example. He saw Jesus…
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Life in the 1920s | 10 Short Youtube Videos
Do you ever wonder what life was like before the radio? Before television? As a novelist (of the historical fiction kind) my research takes me back a hundred years and it is pretty fascinating. The roaring twenties started out with…
