What does it mean to really love God? To love the divine? What does it look like? What does it feel like? How can I, a finite created human being, love a Creator, an infinite Spirit? Does it feel like the love I have for my husband or my children? That love is in spite…

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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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My cell phone rang late as I was prepping for a 2-hour dinner and meeting I co-host at the children’s hospital where I work. Where my children are seen. The prefix showed that it was The Call I’ve been waiting for. My stomach inverted as I hurriedly hung up the office phone and answer my…

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I have reached the end of my list of tips for making memorizing verses easier. Next week I’ll share some musical resources that weave verses into song and memory without effort. Make sure you stop by — I’ll have a free download for each of you, a discount code…

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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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We leaned against the elevator walls staring but not seeing, numb from the not knowing. My stomach sank as the cube rose, then stopped, each floor marking a unique fear. Third floor – surgery. Fourth floor – newborn intensive care. Fifth floor – hematology and oncology. Please God, not that. Finally, the 6th floor: cardiac…

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