Exploring Faith, Family, and Community
How to Have a Servant’s Heart & Reclaim Joy in a Christian Marriage When I think about what it takes to have a successful marriage, I look at the example set by my maternal grandparents. Married for 68 years, my grandparents exemplified the love of God in their lives and instilled in me the belief…
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Nurturing Others to Blossom African violets have always reminded me of my grandmother. As a child, I remember her church giving them out every Mother’s Day and aside from that moment, I never saw them anywhere but in her house. I don’t think it occurred to me until I owned one that I only remember…
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One Letter Changed Our Life Coming home and finding a letter saying my 17-year-old daughter had been withdrawn by her school turned my world upside down. We struggled through months of doctor’s appointments, always emailing her counselor at the school with updates, yet newly enforced laws stated she’d missed too many days. Without notice, the school…
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Facebook memories can be bittersweet. They’re our snapshots of time when our children were young or when loved ones were still with us. Sometimes, like the ones I saw this week, they remind you of the journey you’ve been on and how far you’ve come through it. There was something different about our middle daughter…
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“It feels like all the couples we’re friends with have it together. It’s nice to talk to someone who doesn’t pretend their life is perfect.” Her initial intent was to check on me since our family is still finding our “new normal” after a season of change, but it wasn’t long into my call with…
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Welcome to Our Story Growing up, my mother never locked our back door. She made our home a safe place for all the neighborhood teens, even if we weren’t home. It wasn’t uncommon for our family to walk in and find a living room full of boys watching television. They’d often clean up the house…
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