Where do you turn when life turns upside down? What if that crisis means you cannot work the job you love, build the family of your dreams, or…
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Let’s finish this week with the same question with which we started: What is your default mode when life comes crashing down? What is your automatic response…
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When life came crashing down and I wanted to run away from life and faith, those many years of intentionally seeking out the wisdom of those ahead of me in…
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Mention Job and even those unfamiliar with the Bible, immediately know that you’re talking about someone who lost everything. One of…
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When life comes crashing down, knowing I don’t belong “here” and that this earth is not my Home, fuels my journey with hope…
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What structures are you intentionally building into your daily life that will act as weight bearing walls when life crashes down on your…
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The family room looked like a scene out of a Hallmark movie. The fireplace glowed, Christmas lights twinkled, and five of our grandchildren quietly explored their…
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In her book, Pursue the Intentional Life, Jean Flemingsss tells the story of a man whose lifelong disciplines and creativity saved his life when the…
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We saw yesterday how anxious Mary was to see her son begin His reign as a Davidic king. She envisioned Him as someone who would sit on…
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If we were watching Mary’s newsfeed in this day and age, we would see there was an utter blackout in information from the time Jesus was twelve to thirty years of age. Suddenly, as she activates her page, we are invited…
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Have you ever lost one of your children? I am the mother of four boys and I have had this experience numerous times. One such time was at Disney World…
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We are all-too-familiar with the scene in the above Scripture, as it has been a major piece of the Christmas story. However, two words jump right off the page that are often missed in the familiarity of the content—“flee” and…
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Yesterday, we got to peer into the life of an ordinary young girl who willingly submitted to an angel’s extraordinary request. Her response: “Be it done…
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I have always been fascinated with Mary the mother of Jesus. Not only because she is a notable figure in the Christmas story, but rather because I believe she is one of the most misunderstood and underestimated women in the Scriptures…
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I am so eager to introduce you to Andrea Maher, author of Slammed, Overcoming Tragedy in the Wave of Grief. I met Andrea after…
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Stop for a moment and let this truth sink in. In the middle of your deep grief, daughter or son of the King, when you are so afraid of the future you can barely breathe, so terrified of…
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The angel and the message of the angel terrified Mary. How do we know? Because the angel commanded: Do not be afraid, Mary. These few words reminded Mary…
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Every circumstance becomes an eternal opportunity to reflect Jesus. If you are struggling with loss, I know this is hard. Grief is hard work and…
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Like countless women before me, I have sat at Mary’s feet in dark moments, longing to see inside her heart and hear her story of bearing the…
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Perhaps you are in a dark place where you dread Christmas. I get that. I was there for a very long time. To this day, over twenty years after the deaths of our son…
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