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Magnificent grace = God’s all-reaching, encompassing compassion. The delight He holds about me, His complete desire to fully know me. God willingly and generously sent His son Jesus be sacrificed on the cross, payment [...]

A Pikes Peak silhouette sunset on Good Friday, turned sideways, reminding me of a separation, and illustrating the way light illuminates darkness. Jesus formed the way from us to God by taking on our [...]

On inherited tulips and a legacy of faith. "There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still" (Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place). Today is Corrie ten Boom's birthday and [...]

THE GIFT OF IMMIGRATION I have always pondered the gift of sacrifice that a family can either bestow on the next generation or receive from past generations. As an immigrant family and a first-generation American, [...]

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The changing of a season can provide comfort or enthusiasm, or a sense of dread and ill-prepared temperament. In some moments, the languid heat of summer is a welcome respite from spring’s fresh awareness, [...]

For many years, I’ve observed that being married has provided me freedoms I’d never previously known: freedom to be myself, without reserve, and to live in the belief that our union was solid and firm. [...]