Counting Grace

In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there will never be another like it again.  Today is the point to which all your yesterdays have been leading since the hour of your birth.  It

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Selfie of the Soul

I am not a fan of the "selfie."* Call it vanity. There is nothing good about seeing your every imperfection so up close and personal. The crow's feet, sun spots, laugh lines, and deep furrowed brow all serve as visible reminders of our human flaws. I wonder what we would see

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How Big is Your Brave

As we stand on the precipice of a new year, how big is your brave? I spent this Christmas and New Year's with my family in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Skiing is one of my husband and his family's greatest joys. Not only is their house a stone's throw from

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The most important Gift!

There is a Mexican folk tale that we read every Christmas at our house. It is the story of a little girl named Juanita and the special gift she brought to the baby Jesus on la Noche Buena. The story begins with Juanita walking through the village market on Christmas

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Room in Your Inn?

If you ever wondered if God has a sense of humor you should see the shiner I am sporting on my left eye for Christmas. I rushed to a minister's meeting focused ironically on finding peace at Christmas, then I rushed to a beautiful prayer breakfast where Amy Grant sang

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The True Meaning of Christmas

  We are all looking for ways to experience the true meaning of Christmas with our family! Carols for Cancer has become a beautiful family tradition of candlelight, Nashville's finest songwriters and musicians, family caroling, warm chocolate chip cookies and candy canes! Carols for Cancer was created as a way to give kids

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The Angel and the Raven

It is with much humility and joy that I present to you my new book, The Angel and the Raven. I have been writing poems, journals, prayers, sermons, school essays, blogs, and stories for as long as I can remember. It is my way of talking with God about my

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Urgent: Never Postpone Joy

The road of Life is set before us. There is a beginning and an end. There are only so many breaths permitted in the gorgeous order of creation. Every story is written with prophets and demons, straight paths and dead ends, holy signs and devil's curses, great love and painful

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Bosom Buddies, the DIVINE BFF!

My relationship with God runs the gamut of hot, cold, and more regularly luke warm. It reminds me of that friendship that we all aspire for, you know the one where every time you are with the person you leave wishing you knew them better and that they knew you

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