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The world expects more from women now than it ever has. Mom must be a miracle worker. She has to sew a costume for the school pageant, bake twelve-dozen cookies, and take her child’s class to the zoo on little notice. She does this, while writing an annual report, preparing a proposal for a new [...]

Sometimes, the last thirty-four years can be such a remarkably short time. At age twenty, it seemed impossible that I would live to the ripe old age of fifty-four to observe such an auspicious occasion as our thirty-fourth anniversary. When I firs

One of my favorite Bible stories is of a common Jewish woman who found her niche in history by simply being herself. Queen Esther’s quiet spirit of obedience gave her favor with God and man. God used her to save her

Did you know that marriage is the only relationship in Scripture where two people become one? It illustrates the Trinity’s triune relationship. The Trinity is three separate individuals with different identities and roles, agreeing as one, in perfe

Yes, women are funny creatures. A woman will hide her feelings, mulling them over until she thinks herself into worry. She worries about her problems; she worries about her family, she worries about her church, her nei

Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord; looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb you, and by it many are defiled (H

The Lord calls many of us to do his work. He has his own peculiar way of calling those he has ordained to serve him. Sometimes we feel comfortable and build a nest where we are, and God has to push us into our new dire

Approximately every 50 years or so, God shines his light onto a new facet of his plans for ‘Operation Man.’ In addition, he places a new emphasis on the gifts necessary to promote his plan and bring it to fruition for

Several years ago, an agricultural scientist was searching for a way to eliminate the destructive horn beetle without destroying other beneficial insects. The horn beetle has long antennas, which he uses, for navigatio

I saw a homeless man today pushing his shopping cart full of junk. The cart contained everything he owned. His scraggly beard was as dirty as his matted, stringy hair. It was obvious he had not bathed in quite a while.

Many of us can look back with longing at a time when we had intimacy with God and peace blanketed every facet of our lives. While we go through seasons in our spiritual path, memories of a sweeter time seem to haunt us

“The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Have you ever wondered why Jesus left heaven to live in this wo

What is the only thing you can take to heaven?  People. People matter to God. God made man because he wants relationships with people who know him and love him for who he is. God put each verse, each passage, and each

When I was a little girl, we did most of our traveling at night, when it was cooler. Cars were not air-conditioned back then. My mother and father shared the front seat with my little brother and sister and the other f