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John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer

In: Faith, History, Writing on: January 8, 2025

My husband often listens to Ferguson Sinclair podcasts. Dr. Sinclair is a Scottish theologian. Recently Jeff told me to listen to a short piece Dr. Sinclair did on John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer, which has been used at New …

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The Blessing of Praying Friends

In: Faith, Family on: September 7, 2023

We’ve been walking through a rough summer. If you are on my email list, you know a bit of my house woes. If you are from Texas, you might know some of our other stresses due to my husband’s former job. Not to mention health …

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Reminding Myself

In: Faith on: May 12, 2022

As my adult children are getting themselves settled into houses and jobs and children, I’ve been praying—a lot! Those are big things. And each brings with it other ups and downs to weather. At some moments it is hard to stand …

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The Doxology

In: Faith on: March 26, 2020

In spite of the hopeful nature of my previous post, in general I am an anxious person. I stress over things way beyond my control. It’s something the Lord and I have been working on for many years. So when Coronavirus hit the …

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The Best Prayer quote

In: Faith, Uncategorized on: July 27, 2015

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Happy Independence Day! Will You Pray?

In: Faith on: July 3, 2015

  This weekend, as we celebrate the founding of our great nation, I want to encourage you to pray for our country. Not just a hit-0r-miss, occasional prayer, but consistent, concentrated prayer. Not for political …

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Exercising Faith

In: Faith, Life, Uncategorized on: April 17, 2013

With all that is on my plate these days, there is a tendency to leave off or shorten time spent in quiet communication with God. But this quote reminds me that giving God my time in prayer is of itself an act the exercises …

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Quote from A Praying Life

In: Faith, Uncategorized on: March 22, 2013

One of the things I've learned to enjoy about reading on my kindle is that I can highlight as I read then I can copy and paste the entire list of highlighted portions from the book into a document. (I use a note in Evernote …

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God’s Extravagant Generosity and the ACFW Conference

In: Faith, Uncategorized, Writing on: September 25, 2012

The ACFW Conference is always a highlight of my year. I love getting to see and hug and take pictures of and visit with other writers that I don't get to see very often. But most of all, I love the conversations and …

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Moms in Prayer

In: Faith, Family, Uncategorized on: September 6, 2012

Last week kicked off another year of Moms in Prayer (formerly Moms in Touch). I've been participating in groups since my oldest went to first grade, back in the fall of 1998. Many, many weeks it was just me and one other mom …

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