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My Purpose Now

There is a Healing Stream

By Peggy Still – Someone has hurt you and you didn’t deserve it. When we invest ourselves in personal relationships we become vulnerable to potential hurt. How does the hurt heal? Forgiving the one who has hurt you is the beginning, and is essential to spiritual freedom. Without forgiveness we

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Heidi McLaughlin

Finding God on Mount Wengen

By Heidi McLaughlin – “OK my darlings-what’s it going to be,” I challenged, “shall we take the cable car or lace up our hiking boots?” Eyebrows went up and down and lips were pursed with confusion as we stood in a circle staring at each other.  My husband Jack, my

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Lynn Mosher

Going Down to the Creek

By Lynn Mosher – Long before dry cleaners and spot removers, spin cycles and fabric softeners, clothes had to be washed by hand. When the dirt and grim of labor disguised the fabric’s true colors, and made it, um, smelly, the clothes needed to be washed. The women who lived

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Carole Towriss

The Woman Who Was Never Satisfied

By Carole Towriss – Acsah’s heart sank as the land around her become more arid with every step her donkey took. Springs arose farther and father apart, each one smaller than the last. She missed the gentle bubbling of the one outside the walls of Hebron that had soothed her

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The Power of Our Words

By Carol Doyel – I attended a Bible teaching at our church taught by one of our leaders titled “The Power of Speaking God’s Word!” As Christians most of us know that our words have the power of life and death, and we can choose to bless or curse with

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My Purpose Now

Who Will You Serve?

By Deb DeArmond – I made an odd typo recently while emailing a friend. I typed, “web serving” when I meant “web surfing.” Or maybe I hit a wrong key and auto correct changed it. I’m not sure which. But when I looked back, there it was. Stopped me in

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Gina Burgess

More Than a Hint, Hollywood!

By Gina Burgess – “Ignoring the business side in the movie making business.” Kevin Sorbo  Great interview with Kevin Sorbo who is a Christian and has been for his whole life. How fabulous that a Christian actor has the strength of character to admit it publicly, and to live his convictions

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Carol Doyel

Discovering God’s Plans and Purposes for Your Life

By Carol Doyel – “’For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future’”.  (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) Do you believe the verse above? If you have any doubt about God’s intentions

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Carol Doyel

Wisdom and Revelation

By Carol Doyel – Wisdom is something we all need, but it does us no good if we don’t apply it in our life. Actually, I’ve come to understand that wisdom is applied truth! But what is truth? Well, for me there is only one source for absolute truth and

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Poppy Smith

Explore Opportunities: 12 Keys to Making Good Choices

By Poppy Smith – When you DARE TO DREAM, it often involves stepping out into something that stretches both your faith and your mind.  That’s what I did a few years ago and graduated from seminary with a Masters in Spiritual Formation and Direction as a post mid-life woman. I

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Norine Rae

Arise and Shine

By Norine Rae – During this glorious spring season when many of us celebrate the resurrection of Christ the words I keep hearing in my ears are, “arise and shine.” Yes, Christ has risen indeed and because of His wonderful gift of salvation we too now have the opportunity to

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Gina Burgess

Little Baby Feet

By Gina Burgess – Little, sweet baby feet. Mary will soon cover them with her hand, warming them against the night chill. She has treasured in her heart all the words spoken about her first born Son. Things like, “The angel was so glorious, shouting out praises to God on

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The Newest Selfie

By Janet Denison – Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with several stars at the Oscar awards and the photo was retweeted 1.7 million times in the first hour.  Oxford Dictionary named “selfie” as the “Word of the Year 2013.”  USA Today recently ran an interesting article on the newest version

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Norine Rae

Thinking Globally With Acts of Kindness

By Norine Rae – Press forward into a global prospective challenging yourself to greater heights and depths as you focus on your part related to the issues facing the world today. So, what do you do? How can you make a difference? For most of us the situation seems to

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Nancie Carmichael

A Wonderful, Ordinary Place

By Nancie Carmichael – These days everyone can be their own reality star through YouTube, FaceBook, Pinterest, or Instagram. We read books on how to maximize our potential, to be more, live more. I’ve done my share of teaching on the subject. But I’m realizing something new: In my quest

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Gina Burgess

What I Have Learned in 50 Years About Love and Life

By Gina Burgess – Burl Cain, warden for Angola Prison in Louisiana, once said that no earthly thing can change a man, only Jesus can. He became warden over a prison that was once called the bloodiest place on earth. Back in the fifties and sixties, no one came out

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Deborah H. Bateman

Do You Have a Servant’s Heart?

By Deborah H. Bateman – Galatians 5:13 – For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Do you have a servant’s heart? In Galatians 5:13 we are told to serve one another by love.

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