photo © 2009 Melissa Gray | more info (via: Wylio) Most of my life, religion has existed in my head. A list of things to know, facts to get straight, specific opinions to hold about life and politics and morality. The last few years, God has opened my eyes to the story wrapped around the…

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photo © 2007 Julien Harneis | more info (via: Wylio) “Mommmmmmy… why can’t we be rich?” the kids whine after I once again veto a request for the latest gadget “because I won’t spend that kind of money.” Sigh. “Kids, look around you. Look where you are sitting.” They look down. “It’s the floor, mom.”…

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P is for Passport. “She would go all the way to Europe just to get a stamp in her passport.” ~Jack, describing Lucy in “While You Were Sleeping” This is one of my dreams come true — holding my very own passport for the first time. B is for _____? What does this have to…

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Many Christians believe God is only concerned about the state of a person’s soul. This is not true. God commands us to take care of physical needs too. I discovered this reading the Bible through this past couple of months (I’m following a 90-day schedule). This week I’ve been reading the book of Isaiah, a…

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photo © 2009 Rob Hogeslag | more info (via: Wylio) The team’s ambush in the bombed-out village had fallen apart — the Germans blew up the sniper in his tower, the US soldiers’ ammunition was gone. As they retreated across a bridge, the captain tried to destroy it behind them to prevent the enemy from…

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To the dad who played goof-ball with us girls and tickled us til we couldn’t breathe, who gave us time each evening to talk about anything, who volunteered to be the bad guy if I needed him to get me out of something, who laughed when Scott asked to marry me because he knew first…

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