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Grab your favorite brew and visit a few minutes with Encouragement from Living History. That sums up my blog: thoughts grounded in the Bible, sprinkled with interesting tidbits from history, all applied to life today. Readers say, “I learn something new every time I read your blog.” Here’s an open invitation to sit a few minutes now and come back often to share your thoughts.
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Memorials to Keep
This long holiday weekend ends with Memorial Day, a time to honor all who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms….
True Rest
Lately I’ve needed more rest than usual. I had a reactivation of chicken pox, and its treatments drove me to bed. So it seemed fitting to write about rest. God ordained rest. But what does that mean for us?…
Dear Moms: Imperfection is OK
This week as I listened to Peter Hollens’ breathtaking rendition of “Mary Did you Know,” it prodded me to think about Mothers Day and Jesus’ mother….
God Works in the Fullness of Time
Mothers Day is around the corner, and the thought of it floods me with flashbacks of my pregnancy….
The Fullness of Time
I keep hearing people say they have time on their hands because of shelter-in-place restrictions. Somehow I missed that memo….
Expect God to Do the Unexpected
In January, one of my clients said he couldn’t pay me for the work I was doing for him. He related hardships he’d never experienced in all his years of running his clinic….
Engraved in Easter
The Rosetta Stone is considered one of the seven game-changing archaeological discoveries of all time. Its inscription is engraved in Greek, Demotic (everyday Egyptian), and hieroglyphics (Egypt’s sacred script for tombs and monuments)….
Do Just One Next Thing
Whether people get sick from coronavirus or not, the threat is wrecking emotional havoc. Besides worry and loneliness, people are riddled with guilt. Time on their hands prods them to do “more” of something—writing, home repairs, personal development. But angst immobilizes many people from doing anything….
The Greatest Treasure Hunt
I’m a certified word nerd. I dig into word origins and wrangle their meanings. Geeky? Yup. But treasures hide inside words….