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From Death to Life – Processing a Difficult Year

We are heading into 2026, and I find myself still processing a hard year. The hard year I am processing isn’t 2025 though, it was 2022. I have just now found myself at a far enough distance to begin to understand and come to grips with the trials and blessings of that year. 2022 started… Continue reading From Death to Life – Processing a Difficult Year

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The story of how a dream saved my marriage

Our Marriage testimony; it’s long, but stick with it, there’s a happy ending. In 2014 and 2015 my marriage was suffering. We had been married for seven years and some unaddressed issues began to create resentment which simmered until it eventually boiled over. My husband had started running marathons in 2013 and was constantly training.… Continue reading The story of how a dream saved my marriage

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Who was Michelle?

In my blog you will find many references to my best friend Michelle, but I haven’t ever just sat down and written about our friendship, so I’d like to remedy that here. I wish I could write something poetic, or a narrative style volume of our friendship, but thinking about her is still painful, so… Continue reading Who was Michelle?

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How to take your thoughts captive – and why you should.

“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 The meaning of this verse has long eluded… Continue reading How to take your thoughts captive – and why you should.