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A Startling Window into Anonymous Confessions

As a follow-up to my article from last week, I did some unique research delving into what people actually reveal and confess in anonymity.  I conducted this via perusal of an interesting website called simpleconfess.com.    The results are- maybe- not so shocking. The premise behind Simply Confess is not Christian ...

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A Reflection on Thankfulness

Life does not always go the way we expect it or even want it to go. Disappointments happen. I dreamed of being a stay-at-home wife/mother; I am a full-time librarian. I wanted children; I’m unable to have them. I planned to convert my parent’s barn into a house and live ...

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Freedom from the Lies of Satan

One of my favorite verses is John 8:32: “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jesus came to set us free from sin and redeem us from the power of the devil. As we receive a revelation of truth, we are set free in ...

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Choose Your Words Carefully!  

Our words have power, and they are containers for life and death. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit, Proverbs 18:21. Women speak on average about 20,000 words per day, nearly three times more than the 7,000 words ...

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The Fellowship Of CollectiveFaith

Do you remember your first experience with Facebook? I recall it being underground-advertised as a cooler, more grownup replacement for the social media network, MySpace. At first, Facebook really seemed to have an edge nonexistent in MySpace. It was a place where intelligent socialites and professional networking types could interact ...

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The Task of Teaching a Teenager

I teach. I am a sounding board reverberating simple instructions into the atmosphere known as the classroom. My mind is a magnitude of knowledge bursting at the edge of my skull while it watches the hairs on my head turn into a slumbering shade of gray. Frustration is fuming all ...

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THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING!

It doesn’t matter how the day is going, or what has been accomplished, something is bound to go wrong.  One of my favorite exclamations when this happens to me is ‘There is always something!’ We’ve all been there.  We plan an event, or a trip, or even just a simple, ...

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Our Veterans Young and Old

Here are two stories about veterans spanning the younger and older generations. Army Corporal Ethan Laberge was severely wounded in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber which killed two of his buddies. Shrapnel disabled his legs and right arm. He so far as gone through 10 surgeries. He also suffered memory ...

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Custom Made Christianity

“What can I get for you today?” “May I have your special without any mayo, mustard, onion, tomatoes, pickles, or lettuce? Oh, and can you take off the Swiss and replace it with cheddar, and then change the pickles to fresh cucumbers and the mayo to light ranch. Not ranch, ...

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