allergies, Dogs, God's faithfulness, God's love, Jack, Pets, prayer

Jack Chronicles: The Final Chapter (at least for us.)

That face. It’s a face any mother would love, don’t you think? Despite the eaten shoe and destroyed favorite book, Jack won my heart. Last summer I wrote about a puppy that we allowed to enter our lives despite every reason not to do so. We never owned a dog because my extremely allergic son could not even spend the night …

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busy, Guest Blogger, Hiding Place, prayer, shelter

God’s Secret Place: Guest Blogger Sandra Chambers

God has blessed me with many gifted writing friends. Sandy Chambers was one of the first I met sitting across the table at lunch after a Bible Study. I was so excited to meet a real freelance travel writer! When she isn’t travelling or writing about a great place to vacation or dine out, Sandy is working on her first book about prayer. Enjoy …

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artist, calling, dreams, ministry, missionary, pastor, profession, service, speaker, teacher, writer

The "Profession" of Ministry: It’s not what you think it is.

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be as you have said.”  ~Luke 1:38Many of us dream of working in ministry full time. For some of us that looks like becoming pastor of a church. For others it looks like taking the gospel to foreign lands. Still, some of us dream of ministering through the arts like painting, writing, singing/music, …

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