Breast cancer is scary. Waaaay scarier than ghosts or goblins. This fall marks the 5-year anniversary of my positive test for the genetic mutation for breast and ovarian cancer, BRCA2, and my preventative double mastectomy. And as we wrap up Breast Cancer Awareness month today, I want to pay tribute to my friends and family […]
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The Symphony: A melding of offered talents and glorious sounds that together create something transcendent. I’m usually just a watcher from the cheaper seats, a taker-inner, letting the music move me, a muse for my creative musings. I love it. But I’ve never gone behind the curtain. Never been backstage, or onstage. I only see the finished
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It’s a December Saturday. One of the precious few in the busiest month of the year. I’m drowning in unaccomplished Christmas verbs- plan, cook, clean, trim, decorate, hang, shop, wrap, package, create, write, mail, wash, call. Come to think of it, they’re Martha verbs- you know, the woman in the Bible who was worried and bothered
Today is Labor Day. The day we all celebrate our ability to work by taking a break. But a few keep right on working. Like Autumn, my courageous friend who is working at a safe house right now in the Middle East, using dance therapy to help girls experience freedom who had been trafficked as sex slaves
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Have you ever felt like you’ve been abandoned? Sure that no one gave a rip about you Convinced you didn’t belong Unloved On your own…
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I believe in the power of God to communicate hope through story. That’s why, when I was offered the position of Creative Director at Fellowship Bible Church in Northwest Arkansas almost 20 years ago, I jumped at the chance. With a team of actors, writers, and directors, we learned to tell stories on both stage and
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This past weekend, I asked myself, “Why do I do this? Why do I go to church?” And as I thought about it, 3 reasons began to roll in, in an upside-down kind of way. 1. Because I’m too busy. Years ago, one of my friends held his hand up in front of
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It’s dangerous to have an open-door policy. Not to mention messy. I spy a pair of dirty, yellow socks under the couch in the living room and pop them into the washing machine with another load of clothes, then set a lonely tennis shoe on the front porch and pick up the granola bar wrappers
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So, you’ve been asked to share your personal testimony. You know, the story of how you found Jesus. Or how He found you. Maybe you’re going on a missions trip to the other side of the world. Maybe you’ve been asked to speak to a group of people in your hometown. Whatever your situation, here are 5
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A few weeks ago, one of the students at the college where I teach turned in her final paper. Like I usually do, I checked the sources included in her bibliography and my mouth dropped open. She had taken her 5 main points directly from a website on the Internet. In keeping with school policy, I
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