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“I knew I had this picture!”  I was so excited when I found this a few weeks ago. So I'll admit it’s not a great picture.  It was taken with my Canon Sure Shot in 1994.  Real film – imagine that! Unfortunately, after many searches online, I haven’t been able to find a...

This is what I see every morning as I go to start my day with two cups of coffee.  Yes, it’s an addiction, but we’re not talking about that right now.  It may seem silly, but it always makes me happy to look at this shelf.  Because each of my coffee mugs has a story...

I learned an unforgettable lesson about grace on a beach. It was the summer of 1986, and I was on a summer missions project in North Myrtle Beach. About halfway through the summer, a strange and amazing thing happened in my heart.  This rising senior who had played...

In the summer of 1994, I developed a fear of flying.  I know exactly when it was and what caused it.  I was with a group flying in from a missions project to Slovakia, and we flew into the Charlotte, NC airport on US Air exactly 23 hours after one of their planes had...

“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”   2 Corinthians 5:20 Ambassador: The highest-ranking person who represents his or her own government while living in...

This is a picture of my hydrangea.  It is just to the right of our front porch, greeting me every time I come in and out of the house.  Don’t feel bad if you aren’t impressed – I don’t expect you to be because, honestly, I’m not either. Every time I go past this bush,...

In 1988, I spent the 4th of July in an unusual place – The People’s Republic of China.  In the country that invented fireworks and that seemed to have watermelon everywhere, our American group celebrated our country’s birth by inviting our Chinese friends to a day of...

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ,  and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place."     2 Corinthians 2:14 It was the day after my birthday, and I was getting my "gift" from my husband - a shopping...

Several years ago, the ministry I worked with sent us a test version of a Bible study to do with college students.  It opened my eyes to something I had never seen before in the book of John. In this gospel, John the Baptist describes Jesus in John 3:34 as “He whom...

“Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.  Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”  Matthew 9:37-38 I have a confession to make – one that’s a little embarrassing.  Whenever I read...