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It is Finished!
It’s Good Friday. How can something so dark be good? So traumatic? So brutal. Bloody and violent and yet good? The “good” in this day is centered around the sacrifice of our Lord. Our past, present and future sins were place upon Him and willing He took them. He paid the price for…

One Woman’s Journey
She was born at the end of the depression – at the very end – 1939 to be exact. Her family farmed land in Texas. They were dirt poor – meaning that quite literally they had no cash money and were barely able to feed the family from the dirt that they called a farm. …

When Life Doesn’t Turn Out Exactly as You Thought
This past Thanksgiving week was different for me. For the first time in thirty-plus years, I did not cook/host. A few months ago, when we discovered that not one child was coming home, my husband looked at me and said, “Let’s go to Branson!” This town holds special family memories. When the girls were young, we spent…
A Recipe for Success
Week 37, Tuesday Beth Ann Meek Trust in the Lord and do good. . . . Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord. . . . Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him. Psalm 37:3-7 I was…

Simple to You and Simple to Me
Matthew 2:1-2; 9b-11 (NLT) Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have to worship him” “…And the star they…

To Raise Children
Recently Kathy Keller wrote a blog piece, “Why the City is a Wonderful Place to Raise Children”. Kathy is a good communicator and her post is encouraging to church planters and their families who are called to urban areas. Conventional wisdom says large cities are not a good place to bring up kids, but she…