Cheryl A. Paden (Nebraska, USA)
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Sign Up TodayThe father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, “I will, sir,” but he did not go. - Matthew 21:30 (NIV)
“Bob is celebrating his 90th birthday next week,” I remarked to my husband. “I could get him a card and bake him something. He’s been so lonely since his wife went into assisted living.” We had enjoyed Bob and his wife as our neighbors for 37 years. Regrettably, I never...
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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