Sri Newman
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Good News at the foot of the cross
I should have written about this three days ago, but I had to wait for the entire narrative since it felt too fitting in its entirety. We had an amazing Easter service at my local church. My pastor spoke about the safety found at the foot of the cross, and a question popped into my
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What happened after that?
I remember one of the first rom-com movies I watched with my mother. In retrospect, it was a sappy movie loosely based on Romeo and Juliet. I was learning about romance and the magic of falling in love. At the end of the movie, the leading pair stand at the edge of a cliff, not
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In a secular world
I just got back from a wonderful time with old friends — and “wonderful” might be an understatement. It was a blast. But somewhere between the laughter and the catching up, something else became impossible to ignore: we have grown into vastly different people, despite starting from the same place. So what happens when an
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Pray & Wait
The best gift you can give another person is to pray for them. And the greatest prayer of all is asking God to change their heart from stone to flesh. Having God in our lives is the most fulfilling thing there is — not because of what we receive, though His goodness is abundant, but
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But, she called me fat!
What do you get when an effortlessly well-behaved child and the church’s resident troublemaker end up in a fight? A front-row seat to one of God’s favorite teaching moments. In this episode, we recount the rather unexpected honor of breaking up a scuffle between two little girls, let’s call them Ginger and Sage. The differences
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Army of the Free
My veteran kid went back to military service after six years of serving and two years in civilian life. He does not like the civilian work culture. To be honest, neither do I. Mind you, I have never served in the military — but I did go to Catholic school. That counts for something, right?
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Evidence of love
I’m sure many of you are familiar with the book, The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman, which explores the different ways people give and receive love. As I sat down to write this morning, my mind wandered to a sweet memory from the past—back to when my soon-to-be husband first told me he loved
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You are royalty
One of my older dogs that outweighs the others and has a mean bite is one of the most docile dogs on the face of this earth. Her normal state is submissive, pulled back, mellow and stress-free. She lets the other dogs bully her and puts up a weak fight when they are incessant. I
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Where is your sting?
This world does not provide us access to our good Lord as easily as it does to evil. The fact remains that as Christians, we are constantly going to be under attack. Jesus won the war for us, but Satan needs to get his last pound of flesh, so he is going to do everything
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I know what I know
Not too long ago I was hanging out with a group of young adults. They have a bright future ahead of them and the world is their oyster. As the conversation was progressing, I noticed that my advice or my intelligent counterpart’s advice was being rejected. My brain naturally took me to a place of