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Church ladies

I can honestly say that God has changed my life through church ladies. I really don’t remember having many positive role models when I was a young girl. My mother was a cook with a second grade...

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Hola Carmen, ¿Como Estas

When we go through change—a change of status, age, home, financials, especially all at once—it tends to throw us off balance, cause us to doubt ourselves, our life and our faith. In the disorienting...

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Amazing grace

I need to confess. As a struggling saint and expert sinner, there are times when the sins I have committed come to mind; thoughts or dreams of some distant memory, or some broken relationship, or...

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“Change, what change?”

Did you know that your life can change in one sweet breath and all you can do is stand in wonder? I just returned home from Charlotte, N.C., and reality is starting to set in. I love going to our...

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God be praised!

At All Saints Lutheran Church (Lilburn, Ga.) our Thankoffering Service is always the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. It includes the whole congregation, kids home from school and visiting family...

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Bah humbug!

We always get excited when December rolls around, thinking about gifts, family, friends, parties and, of course, eggnog. For most of us, it is a great time of anticipation. The fun really begins when...

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Roses are red, violets are blue

I remember when my sons were in grade school and Valentine’s Day came around. We would spend time picking out cards that would be distributed to classmates and friends, and, of course, there were...

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Easter means new beginnings

I woke up last week with Easter on my mind and thought about a new dress and an Easter bonnet. My family wasn’t religious, but my mother always wanted me and my sisters to have new clothes for Easter,...

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Are we there yet?

I remember as a kid taking road trips from Nashville to Chattanooga to visit my mom’s sister and my cousins—or from Nashville to Cottage Grove, Tenn., to see my other relatives. There were no...

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Value who you are

I have never enjoyed birthdays, and I really don’t look forward to them. It seems that birthdays come way too fast these days. And, after all these years, I still don’t know myself. Everyone says just...

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Church ladies

I can honestly say that God has changed my life through church ladies. I really don’t remember having many positive role models when I was a young girl. My mother was a cook with a second grade...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Hola Carmen, ¿Como Estas

When we go through change—a change of status, age, home, financials, especially all at once—it tends to throw us off balance, cause us to doubt ourselves, our life and our faith. In the disorienting...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
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Amazing grace

I need to confess. As a struggling saint and expert sinner, there are times when the sins I have committed come to mind; thoughts or dreams of some distant memory, or some broken relationship, or...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

“Change, what change?”

Did you know that your life can change in one sweet breath and all you can do is stand in wonder? I just returned home from Charlotte, N.C., and reality is starting to set in. I love going to our...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

God be praised!

At All Saints Lutheran Church (Lilburn, Ga.) our Thankoffering Service is always the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. It includes the whole congregation, kids home from school and visiting family...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bah humbug!

We always get excited when December rolls around, thinking about gifts, family, friends, parties and, of course, eggnog. For most of us, it is a great time of anticipation. The fun really begins when...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Roses are red, violets are blue

I remember when my sons were in grade school and Valentine’s Day came around. We would spend time picking out cards that would be distributed to classmates and friends, and, of course, there were...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Easter means new beginnings

I woke up last week with Easter on my mind and thought about a new dress and an Easter bonnet. My family wasn’t religious, but my mother always wanted me and my sisters to have new clothes for Easter,...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Are we there yet?

I remember as a kid taking road trips from Nashville to Chattanooga to visit my mom’s sister and my cousins—or from Nashville to Cottage Grove, Tenn., to see my other relatives. There were no...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Value who you are

I have never enjoyed birthdays, and I really don’t look forward to them. It seems that birthdays come way too fast these days. And, after all these years, I still don’t know myself. Everyone says just...

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