Laudable Linkage and Videos

Here are some great reads I discovered the last couple of weeks: Abounding Works — great post-Easter thoughts. How an Atheist Found God, HT to Sherry — wonderful testimony. The Communist Party Declares War on Christians. Sobering. Talents For a Season, HT to Challies. Loving Children When They’re Unlovable — from an adoptive parent’s point [...]

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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 five of 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 [...]

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Tornadoes and Thunderstorms

If you’ve watched the news much this morning, in-between segments on tomorrow’s royal wedding, you’ve probably seen coverage of horrific storm system that hit the Southeast yesterday and last night. Here in eastern TN we had severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings off and on from late afternoon through the evening, but thankfully our area wasn’t [...]

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Wednesday Hodgepodge

Joyce From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly Wednesday Hodgepodge of questions for fun and for getting to know each other. Here are the questions for this week: 1. What is something that bothers you if it is not done perfectly? Oh — too many things. I hate when I am trying to [...]

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Book Review: A Tale of Two Cities

I’ve mentioned before that years ago I tried to read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens a few times before I finally was able to complete it, but once I did finish it, it became one of my all-time favorite novels and I immediately reread it. I am not sure how long ago [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: April

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. Since last time I finished: A Walk In [...]

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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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Happy Resurrection Day!

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.  John 11:25. The strife is o’er, the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun: Alleluia! The powers of death have done their worst; But [...]

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That Day at Calvary

I stood one day at Calvary, Where Jesus bled and died. I never knew He loved me so; For me He was crucified. And as I stood there in my sin, His love reached down to me; And, oh, the shame that filled my soul, That day at Calvary. I knelt one day at Calvary, [...]

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Face the Cross

I posted this about a year and a half ago, but it seems fitting contemplation for this Easter week. I first heard this beautiful hymn on the Wilds CD Creator, Redeemer, and King, and it literally stopped me in my tracks. You can hear the full version here. Upon the cross of Jesus my eye [...]

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