The Warmth of Other Suns
February 25, 2026
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I know many of you are familiar with the prolific author, Isabel Wilkerson, who, ten or eleven years ago, had a book published called The
Yearly Archives: 2012
Who in the Bible Fought Like a Black Girl From Brooklyn?
February 23, 2026
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“So, Nehemiah, cupbearer to the king, fought like a Black girl from Brooklyn?” I said out loud as if someone told me the world was
Was It Reasonable? The awkward story of our Savior’s birth
December 28, 2025
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Was it reasonable to appoint a teenage girl, never yet known by any man, to wear such unbefitting evidence of unspeakable sin? To explain
Unshaken: Standing Firm in God’s Word
December 9, 2025
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E IN THIS VIDEO: This is what can happen when you think you’re standing firm in God’s Word, but realize you haven’t guarded against your
Woman’s Day – Sherry Boykin – “Steeped black tea bags cured my sties!”
June 10, 2024
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Indisputable Identity: A YouVersion Devotion and Reading Plan
December 2, 2023
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Sometimes a really bad breakup is a really good thing. Find out how in “Indisputable Identity” on YouVersion. Read it HERE.
How to Fuel the Budding Writer or Illustrator in Your Child
November 30, 2012
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Write a simple story for your child and have him or her illustrate it . . . Or have your child make up a story that
No Excuses
October 31, 2012
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No history, no in-laws, no ex’s, no secrets, and STILL Adam and Eve managed to struggle with the same relationship pitfalls we do–especially in the areas
What I’d Love to Ask Eve
October 16, 2012
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Adam’s silence when he was offered fruit from the only tree whose fruit he couldn’t eat really irks me. Did Adam at least scratch his head
Mr. Wonderful
October 4, 2012
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Ever been told something so devastating you wanted to slip through a keyhole and disappear? Check this out: http://www.inspireafire.com/mr-wonderful/
Backs in Search of Bones
July 29, 2012
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This past week at Teen Leadership Conference, high schoolers were asked to write about significant events . . .
The Face I’ve Earned
July 27, 2012
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My husband and I laughed our bottoms off one night as we watched a commercial advertising the services of a local plastic surgeon.
Community (Prodigal Pilates, Part 5)
June 30, 2012
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My friends and I have finished reading and discussing The Prodigal God, and it has taken a little while to digest it all…Here’s what I
What Grace Looks Like (Prodigal Pilates, Part 4)
April 24, 2012
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It looks like the bishop scene in the movie version of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables (Columbia/TriStar Pictures, 1998). The bishop in that scene demonstrates what Christ,
Considering Culture (Prodigal Pilates, Part 3)
April 13, 2012
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I just realized the elder brother in the parable of the prodigal sonS is an even bigger jerk than I thought a week ago. Notice how
What’s So Good About Friday? (Prodigal Pilates, Part 2)
April 6, 2012
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Good Friday. Besides the redemptive act of the just dying for the unjust (that is, Jesus Christ dying for YOU and ME), there is something that
The Prodigal God Pilates
April 1, 2012
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This spring some friends and I are stretching ourselves through the parable of the prodigal son (or more correctly, the parable of the two lost sons) as
The Sneetches on the Beaches and the Snobs in the Pews
March 28, 2012
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Is it me, or are these two groups one in the same? Here’s a quote:
Has God Ever Done Anything Strange To Catch Your Attention?
March 20, 2012
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One day while I sped across town to meet one of three or four girls I mentored, I felt a sudden, overwhelming, almost debilitating exhaustion. The thought of going home, crawling in bed, and
What Do You Know About God that He Has Never Told You in His Word?
March 12, 2012
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In our first six months of marriage my husband never actually told me he hated it when I spent so much time getting our place together to host someone that