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The Cost of Bringing Life into the World
When I began my labor to give birth to Hannah, my second child, I confess that I panicked. At the first pang, my mind went wild. Oh no! Wait a minute! I remember this! This is pain like no other. This is agony. This is hours ahead of loss of control and body-ripping pain! What …[ read more ]
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Did He or Didn’t He? The Question We ALL Have to Answer.
I once heard a sermon from a minister who was trying to please everyone (never a good idea). This minister was preaching about the resurrection of Jesus Christ and said “There is some controversy over whether or not Jesus ACTUALLY rose from the dead but in the end, it doesn’t really matter. All that matters …[ read more ]
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Everything Can Fall Apart Just Like That
Today I’m thinking about how quickly things can come apart, how little it takes to unravel something it took ages to create, how with one little click we can delete the work of a lifetime, how one bad choice can undo the good of many right ones. I’m thinking about how fragile the cord is …[ read more ]