When God Is Near

Make me know your presence Lord, the King of Glory here. You know each thought and action, hope, anxiety and fear. How can I hide from Thee? Can darkness hide iniquity? Oh how can I unfaithful be, when You are very near to me? When God is near, all the world seems far away. When [...]

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Laudable Linkage

Here are some things I found interesting this last week that I thought you might, too: I love this idea for etching your initial on a glass pan so that when you take it somewhere, it’s marked as yours and you don’t have to scribble your name on masking tape and stick it on. The [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s [...]

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Flashback Friday: Halloween

Mocha With Linda hosts a weekly meme called Flashback Friday. She’ll post a question every Thursday, and then Friday we can link our answers up on her site. You can visit her site for more Flashbacks. The prompt for this week is: What was Halloween like when you were growing up? Did your family participate? [...]

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15 Influential Authors

Diane tagged me with this on Facebook, and I thought I’d post it here as well: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who’ve influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, [...]

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Colorlessness

I can tend to be too adversely affected by weather. Oh, not the occasional rainy day, but prolonged periods of cloudiness. I have an especially hard time with winter between New Year’s and Valentine’s Day. The numbing cold, for one thing, but more so the colorlessness depresses me. I was just reveling in the height [...]

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Book Review: Same Kind of Different As Me

When I first saw the book Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore popping up here and there, I saw the front cover went on to say, “A modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together.” Hmm, I thought. Might be interesting. But not [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: October

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. Wow, I can’t believe it is the last [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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I Run to Christ

I run to Christ when chased by fear And find a refuge sure. “Believe in me,” His voice I hear; His words and wounds secure. I run to Christ when torn by grief And find abundant peace. “I too had tears,” He gently speaks; Thus joy and sorrow meet. _____ I run to Christ when [...]

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