Harvest of Peace

By Lynn Mosher – The autumn season is here in nature, bringing with it the thought of harvest. As nature goes through its seasons, so do we as Christians. As Solomon said, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1NKJV) We all have spiritual

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Laura Petherbridge

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

By Laura Petherbridge – In 1971 rocker Mick Jagger bellowed the familiar lyrics, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.” You’ve got to give him credit; he’s attempting every way possible to find what he’s looking for. “I try, and I try, and I try,” yet the poor guy can’t seem to

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Laura Petherbridge

Breaking the Vow After a Lifetime

By Laura Petherbridge – A few years back many people were surprised to hear that Al Gore and His wife of 40 years had decided to get a divorce. People automatically assume that a couple married for that long would stick it out until one of them dies. But the

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Carol Doyel

A Beauty Beyond Outward Appearance

By Carol Doyel – Beauty is not only skin deep. And it is not something that can be seen only with our eyes, but it’s something that we can sense. A beautiful woman is more than a just a great hair style, nice skin, great bone structure, a florescent smile,

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Dr. Ann

How To Handle Conflict Confidently

Get mad? Of course we do! We all do. It’s a basic fact of living within 50 yards of any other human being. And even if we were all hermits, we’d probably still find something to get mad at ourselves for. So what do you do when you get mad

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Rick Thomas

I Got Angry At My Daughter The Other Day

The other day my daughter sinned. She did wrong. She made a mistake. It was clear. It was obvious. It was objective. I was disappointed. I was hurt. I responded in anger. This is not the first time I have gotten angry at my children. My most recurring sin pattern

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Marta Darby

Cuando Sali de Cuba – Roland’s Story

Marta here: This story is really about Roland’s mother. I love how totally genious she was in preparing her young son to leave Cuba at any given moment. (Also, we have a really cool giveaway today.) As told to Lucy Vega In 1966, little Roly Vega was just 4 years

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Maryleigh

Spiders, Black Ants and Poetry

My illustrator came home from school boasting of how neat he had rewritten a piece of prose for school. Usually, we go round and round about writing, handwriting, that is. “The h’s have to be as tall as the L’s – which need to reach to the top of the

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Fearless Lily

Around Thistle Cove Farm, it pays to have a brave heart. Lily, you may remember, was a barn kitten, saved from being a warm meal of the two barn owls. She’s been in the house for almost three weeks…hard to believe!…and spent the first week being fed with an eyedropper.

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Even the Chair Master Once had Homework

The morning starts off with prayer and hope – one leading us in the 23rd psalm, another leading the Lord’s Prayer, and the teen choosing a proverb. I finish off with prayer: Praising God for either the rain that prepares the crops, or the sun that helps the crops grow,

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Marta Darby

Cuando Sali de Cuba – Carmen’s Story

Marta here: Carmen tells a beautiful story about her family’s many and painful losses after the Cuban Revolution and about their personal triumphs here in America. (Get tissues.) By Carmen McPherson I was born on July 23, 1960 in Santiago, on the beautiful island of Cuba. My parents were born

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Sabbath Keeping

“All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of His covenant.” ~ Psalms 25:10 ~ “To recognize with delight all high and generous and beautiful actions; to find a joy even in seeing the good qualities of your bitterest opponents, and to

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Marta Darby

Cuando Sali de Cuba – Estrella’s Story

Marta here: Estrella was 10 years old and part of the historic Mariel Boatlift which happened 32 years ago and brought more than 125,000 (!) Cubans to America’s shore and to freedom. Mariel:  Remembering the Boatlift By Estrella Diaz-Quibus My parents and I were part of the Mariel boatlift, where

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The Soft Drip of the Challenge

For a bit of time during the last few weeks, I felt much like a tin water bucket left out in the rain, where each soft drip eventually wears away the outward coating, rusting and thinning the inner foundation, until it finally the soft drip has worn a hole. I

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Beth Havey

Living and Praying In “Some Hotel”

By Elizabeth A. Havey – My husband and I are in Jacksonville, Florida, a city of skyscrapers and treed neighborhoods built near the lake-like St. John’s River and the magnificent Atlantic Ocean. We are staying in a Marriott Hotel with a pool and lounging chairs scattered around it, lush mounds

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The Potting Shed and Other Blessings

“Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work” (James 5:7) Waiting – I was never very good at that. Learning to cook – that taught

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Sunday Afternoon Tea

I was perusing a favorite blog recently, one known to have beautiful images of the everyday events of our lives… and thinking how lovely it would be to sit at such a table and enjoy writing by the light of the oil lamp. One of the reasons I love this

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Sabbath Keeping

“And afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people Your sons and daughters will prophesy Your old men will dream dreams Your young men will see visions.” ~ Joel 2-28 ~ “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream at night in the dusty recesses of their

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