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The 'everywhere' fact

Recently, our family spent an evening at our favorite beach an hour's drive from our home.
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Five years, and praying

On the wall beside my desk at home hangs a small black-and-white framed photograph.
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The healing embrace of unconditional love

Imagine hugging 30 million people.
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Obliged to agree

WHAT I SAY UNTO YOU I SAY UNTO ALL, WATCH.—JESUS

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To gentle the extremes

Beside a river or lake my heart sings, and whatever I may be anxious or uptight about slips away.
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A spiritual demand for balance

No matter where you live in the world, you possibly spend some time each week trying to figure out how to manage your money—or your livestock, cornfields, or home industries—wisely in an uncertain economy.
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Meetings that change lives

When my husband and I first got married, he was very clear.
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Home together

I was picturing us around a table, coming together with God—you and me, the kids down the street, my own kids and brother, all the dads and moms, cousins and grandparents in the world.
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Just 'a little' more grace

To me, grace embodies movement in line with God, marked by patience, joy, radiance, a kind of timelessness.
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Winning with God

Four weeks of World Cup football in Germany.
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The Love that heals loneliness

The 18th-century Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith, a keen observer of people's sentiments, once remarked that "the chief part of human happiness arises from the consciousness of being beloved.
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Afraid ... of fear???

Sometimes what terrifies you is right there in front of your eyes.