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Exercise and the Writer’s Mind
This is NOT my class! (Photo: Wikipedia) The woman who teaches my exercise class had her eye on me yesterday. “You need to keep your mind engaged on what you’re doing here, not on what’s happening...
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Insomnia and Prayer
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato [Public domain; Wikipedia] I’ve connected insomnia and prayer for years. But I’m getting tired of it. Long ago, I heard some sage person comment, “if you can’t...
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Devotions: Prayer
This is not me praying. Hinterglasbild Psalm 119, 22 (Wikipedia) Prayer is at the heart of my daily devotions. “Prayer does not prepare us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” ~Oswald...
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How Do You Pray for Half-an-Hour for Someone?
This is a post I recently wrote for a missionary friend, explaining to the people who had signed up to pray for her, exactly how I pray for an extended period of time. Once a month my husband and I...
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How I Recognize God’s Voice
I heard God’s voice today. Oh, not in an audible way, but in a clearly recognizable way. This is how. As a writer, I understand “voice” is a term for how I differentiate my characters from each other...
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Daily Light: The Chambers’ Favorite Devotional
Daily Light on the Daily Path was Biddy and Oswald Chambers‘ favorite devotional. Throughout their seven year marriage, the couple read the book each morning. It served as a touchstone to their day and...
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To “Pull a Biddy,” and Other Adventures
I’m recently returned from a trip in which I needed to “pull a Biddy,” to encourage myself. I may be the only person who uses that term, but my family understands what I mean. They’ve been living with...
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The Importance of My Utmost for His Highest
Why is My Utmost for His Highest an important book? It’s one of the best selling devotionals of all time–publishers don’t even know the total number of copies sold. (The most educated guess puts the...
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How to Choose a Year of Deliberate Grace
I’m going to choose a year of deliberate grace in 2018. My world needs it. I need it. God stresses it. It will make the people I love happier–in part because the peace which passes all understanding...
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Asking and Receiving Even Small Things
Asking and receiving from God is an important concept in the Sermon on the Mount. What Jesus described runs the gamut in Christian circles between the “name it and claim it,” group and those with a...
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Jesus’ Prayers– How They Can Change Your Life
What were Jesus’ prayers like? You know, not just how he taught us to pray in the Lord’s Prayer but what He prayed about and how. My friend Janet McHenry explains it all in her new book, The Complete...
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Praying with Jane Austen: A Devotional
Praying with Jane: 31 Days through the Prayers of Jane Austen is a new book written by Austen scholar Rachel Dodge. The devotional releases October 2, 2018, in the United States and is full of insight...
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St. Mark Lutheran & the Sonoma County Fires
St. Mark Lutheran Church has been through quite a bit with the 2017 Sonoma County fires. A year ago, we worshiped about 270 people in two services. 29 families connected to St. Mark Lutheran Church...
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Spiritual Retreat: Why You Should Attend One
Why should you attend a spiritual retreat? If you’re looking to learn things about God and your own relationship to Him, a spiritual retreat can be a help. Here are five reasons why. 1. A dedicated...
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What is an Intercessor?
Why do we need an intercessor? The definition is basic: an intercessor is someone who prays, petitions, or begs God in favor of another person. It’s a Biblical concept that appears often. The most...
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The Significance of a Prayer Partner
What is a prayer partner and why are they valuable for our spiritual growth? I hadn’t given the question much thought until recently. My prayer partner is moving. I’m sad. My life suddenly looks very...
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Remembering the Saints Gone Before
I too often forget the Saints gone before. And yet, they are part of that “great cloud of witnesses,” I’ll meet someday. That thought struck me several years ago while standing before an exhibit case...
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Prayer Workshop: A Primer
We held a prayer workshop at our church on Saturday. Like many, our church has a variety of issues and the Board of Education felt a morning of prayer could help. We learned a lot about prayer,...
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