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God Still Hears When You Pray Like a Child

We all gathered around the kitchen before breakfast. “Time to say the prayer,” I told the little people around me. With shouts of “I will!”…

Sweet daughter, I see you. I’ve been watching observantly for quite some time now. Your uncertain tightrope walk between little girl and…

At a local coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning, I sat at a round table cradling a coffee mug and gabbing with friends. The café buzzed with…

A tragedy happened. Your heart was broken. Maybe it was betrayal or rejection. Grief or loss. Something happened and you haven’t been the same…

I don’t want to raise church kids. That’s right. I DO NOT want to raise church kids. Matter of fact, it’s one of my biggest…

It’s strange how fast things enter our lives. One day I was adjusting to our youngest son going off to college and grieving the loss of my dad when…

I stared at the ceiling in the dark emergency room with as much strength as I could muster. I knew the technician was trained to not convey emotion,…

In July 2014, our 25-year-old son Ryan (my stepson) was killed when the gas can he was using to light his bonfire exploded. For three days, he was a…

“Lord, help my unbelief.” I pray this at least 500 times a day. Sometimes more. Living with the struggles of simply being a human in a…

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: the death of a child and the impenetrable grief accompanying such a horrific loss. Grammy…

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