By Diane Karr A Beautiful Cross
“What a beautiful cross.” As the lone passenger in the back seat of a St. Louis taxi, I started a…
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By Lexi Behrndt Living with Open Hands
He closed his eyes, extended his arms, and opened his hands, palms facing up. It wasn’t a special occasion, just…
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By Ashley Bebensee Finding the good in different
When I want something, I am determined to make it happen. I have always been a go-getter. When I was…
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By Jennifer Beck Seeing Beauty in Change
Looking back a year ago I was in a completely different place than I am now, which is a good…
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By Dusty Reed Using Our Gifts to Help Others Shine
A number of years ago my daughter decided she wanted to become a photographer. She was eight or nine at…
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By Lauren Kauffman What I Learned from Missing My Son’s Birth
I came to in a daze as I was wheeled back into the hospital room. I wasn’t fully aware of…
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By Heather Shotkoski I’m Equipped
I have a fever. The fever, in fact. You know the one I'm talking about -- induced by exposure to…
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By Rachel Gnagy What My Soul Needs
I love the mountains. Every dream vacation for me includes mountains. I was so excited when my family started planning…
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By Sue Harrison The Recital
My mother was a piano teacher. Lessons began in September and ended in May. Each January, Mom gave her students…
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By Her View From Home God Never Gives Us a Cross We Can Not Bear
If I had a dollar for every time an adult in my life said this when I was growing up,…
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moved.
Many of you might recall a post I wrote back in April announcing my family's big news - an unexpected…
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By Josi Seibert This or That?
For a non-preferential people-pleaser, decisions don’t always (almost never) come easy to me. To those who know me well, this…
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