It’s Just a Little White Lie

According to the biblical record, Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, was a deceiver. She came from a family of deceivers and gave birth to deceivers who gave birth to deceivers. Because she was a grandmother, I studied her that I might learn from her. I learned what we sow, we reap. Rebekah had two sons, Jacob and Esau. According to Genesis 27, Rebekah manipulated Jacob, and he deceived his father, Isaac, and

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How to Shop for the Ungrateful People on Your List

There’s a story of a grandmother who never heard from her grandchildren. Every Christmas she would send them a check but would never hear back from them. The checks were cashed, but there came no thank you note, no phone call, no text message to express their gratitude. One Christmas she changed things up. She sent a check to each grandchild—unsigned. That year, she heard from every one of her

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Through the Valley

An Interview On Depression When a friend told me of a recent suicide, I decided to post this interview I conducted a few years back. Unfortunately, the subject seems more relevant today than it did then. My guest shared her experience of a year-long bout with depression. If you or someone you love is struggling with this debilitating illness, I pray my guest’s words will offer you encouragement as well

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Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary God

***The ladies of my church hosted a Mothers and Daughters Tea recently. This is a transcript of our speaker’s message. Used with Permission by Valerie Moore. I will be sharing with you my spiritual journey of some ordinary days and times in my life, where an extraordinary God was moving behind the scenes. Although today I have a close walk with the Lord, it wasn’t always that way. In my

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