Dear Barbara: I’m struggling right now. I really feel God asking me to do something that sounds too hard. Honestly, I don’t want to obey. Why would He do that? How can I negotiate? Dear friend, It’s scary, isn’t it? I’ve wondered the same. I remember when, after an exhausting week wrangling five relentless […]
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Like all new parents, Dennis and I welcomed our first four bio babies with joy and great anticipation for what God had planned. It was no different with our adopted daughter. We had equally lofty hopes and dreams for life with her. Our story, like most adoptions, was marked by the unmistakable hand of […]
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Stepping into the hotel lobby, I took a deep breath and exhaled. After traveling all day I was more than ready to be done with crowds of strangers and with airline demands. Happily I stood with the luggage a few steps from the front desk while Dennis checked us into our hotel. Moments later, with […]
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As a new Christian, and a few years later as a new wife, I eagerly prayed for everything. God graciously allowed me to see answers in those early years of faith because He knew I needed to see some evidence. Little children need much encouragement. Without fully realizing it, I developed a formula. In all […]
Read MoreAs some of you know, for the last few years I have pursued a degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. One of my courses, The Story of Scripture, was a high-level look at the entire Bible as God’s story to us. My professor gave us the creative assignment of writing our own interpretation of His story […]
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