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The ache for home lives in all of us. ~ Maya AngelouRecently I walked my feet into nubbins as I hiked around town on a home tour. Up and down ...

When you meet together, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as you praise the Lord with all your heart. — Ephesians 5:19 Worship is a festival, not a funeral! If ...

It didn’t happen every year, but when it did, it was awesome.From as far back as I can remember, my Polish relatives would come together for huge family reunions. Usually ...

When children sleep under the scraps stitched into quilts and the clock ticks too loudly through the dark hours and the spiral galaxies spin in space, I lie under the ...

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and enter His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name! – Psalm 100:4Deep in the heart of November, I received two ...

I was reading the book The Legend of St. Nicholas to my children the other day and it really got me thinking about the purpose of buying Christmas presents.I have ...

God loved you before you loved Him, so keep your love alive by telling Him you love Him… every single day.God created your inmost being. He knit you together in ...

It is no accident that Kari Kampakis opens her book, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know, with the subject of popularity. The first truth she shares with moms and daughters ...

On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who ...

There are some subjects we rarely hear discussed openly in church, not because they are bad, but because they are easier to ignore. It is even easier to overstate a ...

Editors Note: This is an excerpt from Being Still with God Every Day. In this 366-day devotional, each day features a scripture and a short, meaningful devotion to set minds ...

Restore our fortunes, LORD, as streams renew the desert. Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but ...

The Gospel of Christ’s grace deals thoroughly both with the sins we have committed and with the evils we have suffered. Somewhere along the way, some of us may have ...

Sometimes the only way to return is to go. — Josh GarrelsLeaving behind four years of friendships in Nashville, I moved to California, confidently running, fearless in my decision to ...

The journey from your mind to your handsIs shorter than you’re thinkingBe careful if you think you standYou just might be sinkingWhat Kind of Counsel Does Our Entertainment Give Us?Philippians ...

In his [Daniel’s] upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as ...