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Around the Supper Table
My mom had been working hard. Waking before dawn, driving the hour to work, spending all day there laboring before coming back to where we lived, so she splurged. She bought a brand-new Fender guitar and decided to take lessons......
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Around the Supper Table #106 – When I am Weak, Then I am Strong
Recently, my Pa told me something along the lines of, “I love to see you smile, but every once in a while, I just want to see you cry.” In one word, Pa was asking me to be vulnerable, which.....
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Around the Supper Table #105 – A Letter to My Dad
As many of you probably already know, I worked as a counselor for nearly eighteen years. The first seven years of my counseling career, I was in grad school. When I started grad school, I was quite cocky. In my.....
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Around the Supper Table #104 – Difficult Times are Upon Us
Good morning, friends. I pray your day is filled with peace and joy. This was a hard blog for me to write. I’ve stared it three times, and each time it was not what Jesus wanted me to talk to.....
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Around the Supper Table #103 – Showing Faith with Works
Usually when God gives me a message, He gives me the introduction, and as I, out of faith, write it, the rest of the message is given. The hardest part is having the faith to commit to following through with.....
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Around the Supper Table #102 – Hearing from God
Recently, I was reaching for an irrigation hose on the ground, and I heard a very soft, indistinct rattle. It sounded a little like the air that escapes from a water hose when you inadvertently step on it. I froze......
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Around the Supper Table #101 – What did you do that for, Dad!
As I click the seatbelt and pull the slack, my three-year-old son asks me, “Dad, why do we have to wear seatbelts anyway?” Immediately replying without thought, “Because I don’t want to get a ticket!” I went about making sure.....
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Around the Supper Table #100 – God’s Promises
Over the last couple of years, I have really been struggling with some events, circumstances, and changes in my life. Just in the last year alone, I have left a job that I loved and a place that had been.....
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Around the Supper Table #99 – Maturing as a Mother
Every since I could remember, I wanted to be a mother. When other kids dreamed of lofty careers or a dreamy place to live, I didn’t care. I couldn’t for the life of me pick a career, partly because I.....
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Around the Supper Table #98 – Doing God’s Will
Hello, my name is Bekah, and I am 13 years old. I spend most of my free time creating things and giving them away to other people. I love to create designs with my scroll saw, build things out of.....
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