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March 5, 2021

Choosing Community

When I was in high school, I tried to spend time with people from different friend groups and backgrounds. I spent time with my friends from my church youth group. But...

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March 4, 2021

The Blessing of Tears

When I think of God’s blessings, I think of family, friends, sunshine, or even my morning cup of coffee. Until recently, I never considered tears a blessing. For the past three...

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March 3, 2021

Something New

When I was in primary school, I remember several children talking about having to give up candy for Lent — and not being at all happy about it. But we don’t...

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March 2, 2021

Carried

When I was eight years old, I fell on a broken bottle; the glass cut my knee to the bone. The doctors stitched up my wound and wrapped my leg from...

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March 1, 2021

Faith Not Fear

Making decisions can be tough — especially life-altering ones. When I chose my college, I made the safest decision possible. Friends, finances, and proximity to family were my considerations, all of...

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February 28, 2021

Open Ears

The other night my young daughter was talking on the phone with her cousin. As she got ready to get off the phone, she said to him, “I’m about to get...

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February 27, 2021

Hope of New Life

I had returned from the city of Natal, where I had spent seven long years with my family. I was almost 50 years old and was starting over after a failed...

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February 26, 2021

Joy amidst Grief

In the months following my mother’s death from ALS, I started my first semester of college, began a new job, and painfully continued life without my mom here to be a...

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February 25, 2021

The Costly Perfume

Mary made her way to Jesus, poured costly perfume on his feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance. The perfume was worth about...

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February 24, 2021

A Closer Look

Twice a year my church picks up trash along two miles of roadway. We divide into groups and start at each end, working until we meet each other. I remember the...

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