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article | August 3, 2022

We’re all best equipped to meet expectations when we know what those expectations are. The reverse is also true, of course. We tend to wilt, not bloom, when our efforts are planted in the soil of ambiguity. (I find this to be …

article | July 31, 2017

According to personality tests, I’m 98 percent extroverted, which means I thrive on being with people. I feel energized by my relationships with others. If I go too many days without some serious human interaction, I start to feel a little stir …

article | May 28, 2013

I have enjoyed a special connection with Nessie and her mama, Scout. I was Scout's midwife when Nessie came into the world. You can see us cleaning Nessie—just moments old—as a team in the picture below. As I was writing Get Lost …

article | July 30, 2012

My head hurt. In fact, my head really, really hurt every single day for more than a year. I've always had headaches off and on, but about a year and a half ago, one decided to move in full-time at the base …

article | July 24, 2020

If you knew me well, you’d quickly learn that I’m not an arts-and-crafts person. Even my best attempts at “easy, follow-along” projects somehow seem to go awry. Just ask my family about my attempt to paint a landscape scene of some birch …

article | September 17, 2020

I remember a Bible study leader once remarking to me, “There are always the same women who participate in Bible study and always those who never join in.” She said it as though it was a foregone conclusion and nothing could be …

article | September 4, 2017

When I think back to my middle school and high school days, my mind’s eye pulls up a cloud of never-ending homework assignments, best friend sleepovers, football games, dance rehearsals, and running through the long halls toward the cafeteria when the lunch …

article | September 23, 2019

Brittany stood bravely before the audience at her church’s women’s retreat. Like most women would be, she was nervous and uncomfortable. What she planned to share would be shocking, but she refused to let fear stop her from testifying how God miraculously …

article | December 8, 2015

You love his hair, his eyes, his nose. When he walks by you in the halls, a swarm of butterflies takes flight in your belly. Or maybe you're drawn to a guy who is out of reach. You only see him on …

article | June 17, 2020

Strap on your thinking caps, friends. To get God’s truth stamped into our minds and hearts, today we are going to use our imaginations. Ready? Picture yourself in a room. The walls are covered with posters of whatever it is that tempts …