I’ve always been able to remember songs better than plain-English sentences. If I can sing something, I’ll remember it faster, better, longer. And if I do forget it, as soon as I hear the tune, I can usually bring it back quickly. My children are the same. They hear songs on the radio, in the…

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The hall wore vertical stripes like a matron trying to hide her spreading hips. Yellowed light from 20-year-old wagon-wheel chandeliers froze cameras unable to resolve the flash-or-no-flash dilemma. Plates on tables presented forgettable food. But God came there. Through the words of timid but obedient women, He spoke gentle firm correction to this woman who…

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Today is the first day of The Relevant Conference, where two hundred Christian women are gathering to learn more about writing and blogging and to be encouraged and encouragers of one another. Many of us have become good friends through emails, phone calls, Skype, and Twitter, praying for one another and counseling each other through faith and…

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I met Renee after she generously offered a gift basket of her handmade soaps and bath bombs for a raffle I’m organizing. We’re raising money for the memorial fund in our daughter’s name. When I put out a call for donations, she answered. When I checked out her website, Miss Selby’s Soap, I was immediately…

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