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I’ve been thinking about grandmothering… Recently I was reading a book by Dr. Sandra Wilson entitled Released from Shame. On pages 34 and 35 I came across a section about family functioning that caught my attention.Families perform three basic functions to meet their...

I’ve been thinking about marriage… The Four Spiritual Laws Of Marriage I call it a lapse of love when either of us looks away from God temporarily in our marriage relationship. A lapse can be easily identified by a predictable result - conflict. Eventually, when we...

I’ve been thinking about healthy relationships… It came back to me again this week. In speaking with a friend about her troubled marriage I was reminded of the allegory of the dance in describing healthy relationships. I originally discovered this concept in the...

I’ve been thinking about mothering… Father God, thank you for the gift of motherhood. Psalm 127:3I dedicate each of my children to You. Proverbs 22:6Use me to prepare them for the occupation and ministryYou planned for them before the foundation of the world....

I’ve been thinking about what I believe… I believe God called me to be His child before the foundation of the world.I believe He created me and uniquely designed me for His glory.I believe God loves me with constant, unconditional, everlasting love.I believe He...

I've been thinking about connection… When I turned 50 last May, I declared a Jubilee Year to celebrate! It’s been fun and refreshing. But now that I am on the doorstep of 51, I have been seeking direction from God for the next ten years. My spiritual history reveals...

I’ve been thinking about change... Change is disorienting. Looking back, most of 2005 was characterized by feeling restless about the course of our lives. Clearly something was not right, but what? As the events of the year began to unfold, we were compelled to look...

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV) There is a song written by Linda Ball called *In His Time. You may recall...