Category: Random
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The Spirit Beautifies
The Spirit brings believers to life and makes them beautiful. What grace!
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Ghostwriters, Botox, & Glory
Some things are way less cool than they appear. But what they reveal about our hearts is worth considering.
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Is God Calling Me to Obscurity or Influence?
As my Dad often said when I was growing up: “If you ask the wrong question, you’ll get the wrong answer.”
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Use Discretion (& a bucket)
This is not a call to stop thinking. Call out evil when and where you must. But call out the good too.
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You’ll Never Be Content Until…
If you can’t rejoice in your lot today, you won’t be able to rejoice in it tomorrow.
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When a Pastor’s Wife Doesn’t Want to Go to Church
What happens when a pastor’s wife doesn’t want to go to church? What do I do when it’s me?
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A Thank You to My Church Family
5 years into the New Hampshire life… my precious church deserves a thank you, and my faithful God deserves all the credit.
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Weary One, Take Heart
The events in your life are for a glorious purpose: to make you holy like your Savior and beloved brother, Jesus.
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Pain is Your Megaphone
Pain is not only God’s megaphone to us; it is our megaphone to the world.
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself in 2022
I love taking time to reflect, and there’s no better built-in time for reflection than at the turning of a new year. Here are 5 questions I’m asking myself in 2022 that are leading me to reflect on God’s goodness and the work he’s doing in my life. As you ask yourself these questions, remember…
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From Worry to Gratefulness
The article below was written for my local newspaper, The Concord Monitor. Dread I used to dread fall. If I lived in some run-of-the-mill part of the country, you might shrug your shoulders or even agree with me. But how can a person live in New Hampshire and dread fall at the same time? Why…
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It Only Gets Worse: Hope for Hopeless Times
Just wait—it only gets worse. It’s a statement I’ve heard many times. I first remember hearing it when I became engaged. Always spoken by an unhappily married person, the comment usually went something like this: “You’re happy now, but give it a year or two. It only gets worse.” The comment became much more frequent,…