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I often get asked where I’m going to church. When we left the church in 2000 that we had helped plant in Richland, MI in 1996 (let me be...

Ronel and I met online over 10 years ago, she was one of the first subscribers to this blog of random thoughts on faith and family. Even...

As long as you’re still taking breaths…you haven’t gone too far away from His love. No matter where you’ve gone or what you’ve done, He’s...

Freedom: the condition of being free, the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. Does fear keep you...

Three Tips for Stronger Marriage: 1. Forgive– the fire goes out when you water it with forgiveness. “Be gentle with one another,...

From my study: Becoming Me Through Him… Labels. Maybe the key to becoming me, becoming you, is to face the labels instead of fighting...

We run from our stories, but never allude them. We think that “becoming a new creation in Christ” means denying the abuse or sins that...

Why do we fight so hard to hold on to a life that is far less than what it could be? Old customs, habits and relationships that are...

Photo by SS Snapping back is so easy, it takes no effort. Retaliation spills naturally from our lips. Silence is a necessary struggle. ...

They said it would never last. We stubbornly scoffed at them. We were young and so naïve. I was 20 years old and engaged to be married to...

My husband and I have been married for 20 blissful, uneventful years! NOT! I interrupt this figment of my imagination for a dose of...