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Default Response: Panic or Pray?
Much as I hate to admit it, my default response to certain crisis situations is panic rather than prayer. The enemy, first and foremost,...
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Troubled Waters
Throughout our sons’ adolescent years, we intermittently faced difficult challenges as they sought to establish their autonomy. Our...
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Holy Matrimony
Many couples today who divorce do so because they are unhappy. Marriage didn’t turn out to be what they expected, and neither did their...
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Comrade in Arms
God speaks to us in a multitude of ways, if we just listen. He speaks through His Word, by His Spirit to our spirit, through others,...
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Power Struggle
When you and your spouse experience conflict, what is the root cause of it? Sometimes when my husband and I disagree, it’s over...
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Reckless Abandon
“ . . . they left everything and followed Jesus.” ~ Luke 5:11b What exactly does it mean to give up everything and follow Jesus? Does it...
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What's in a Name?
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." ~ Juliet {Romeo and Juliet | II, ii, 1-2} What's in...
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Keeping the Peace-on-Earth
The holidays may be the most wonderful time of the year, but they are often accompanied by a lot of stress. The burden of handling the...
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Time Travel
Have you ever done something you regret? Do you ever wish you could travel back in time to erase a past event or decision? Most of us...
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Breaking the Mold
There is a tendency among some of us to demand impossible standards from others ~ a rigid mold we expect them to fit. If an individual...