Feel Like God's Turned His Back on You? Jul 18, 2022

Did you ever have that classmate, friend, or sibling who won every game? Because they were older, faster, smarter. Or designated themselves as play-master and invented such complex rules there was...

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Cast Away Jul 11, 2022

Today, students, we’re starting with a quiz. What name would you give this set? {grasshoppers, corn, minnows, worms, crickets} Tick…tick…tick…Time’s up! And the...

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The Cowardly Lion and Thomas Jefferson Jul 04, 2022

Being a Kansas farm girl, I can relate to Dorothy from L. Frank Baum’s classic story, The Wizard of Oz. More than once growing up we dashed into the basement for protection from a nearby...

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An Unplanned Pregnancy and Three Questions God Asks Jun 27, 2022

Hers was a pregnancy she'd never planned.

It’s entirely unfair! Instead of residing in my homeland – arguably the world’s preeminent nation – I’m traipsing around with...

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Can You Ever Win at the Comparison Game? Jun 20, 2022

 Sundays growing up meant –

-- morning chores in the barn,
-- hurried breakfast,
-- fussing with my two brothers about who was/wasn’t staying on their side of the “line”...

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Four "Truths" Harming Christian Women (Part 2) Jun 13, 2022

“You already have everything you need.”

Well, that’s depressing!

If this is true, the future does not look bright. There’s still too much ignorance and immaturity in me to...

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Four "Truths" Harming Christian Women (Part 1) Jun 06, 2022

“Hey, kiddo, go tell your brothers dinner is ready.”

A smiling face nodded, and feet traipsed around the corner, stopping at the bottom of the stairs.
“Mom says to get down here...

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Have You Renounced Your Citizenship? May 30, 2022

Solemn-faced officials stepped slowly down the aisles, scanning the crowd, ensuring those standing had their right hand raised and were repeating aloud the words the dignitary behind the podium...

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Buried Treasure & Exposed Hearts May 23, 2022

When I ask myself, "Stephanie, how much of your identity is really tied to your address and your belongings?", I squirm at the answer.

Faith in the abstract is wonderful; faith applied is often...

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What's Hiding in Your Wallet? May 16, 2022

It's easy for people of faith (me included) to hear about Bible teachings on money as yada, yada, yada. "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Yawn. "Retail therapy." Yeah!

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Do You Know the Real Root of "Save the Planet!" May 09, 2022

Please Pass the...Salt?

In March 1930, a 60 year old man began a 240 mile hike to the Arabian Sea, accompanied by about 12 friends. Along the route he addressed crowds of various sizes, telling...

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Please Pass the Comf, er, Casserole May 02, 2022

What possible connection exists between Jesus’ promise to his disciples in John 15:26 and a stove?

First, you’re going to need to step into your sixth-grade school shoes -- just for a...

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