Motherhood

Our children are so far from home, Lord--

Living among strangers in different cultures,

Living as aliens in foreign lands.

Hands I don't know are fixing their meals.

People I've never seen are giving them shelter.

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Motherhood

Remember your pre-kid days when you could be in and out of the grocery store in thirty minutes or less? Remember when the only impulse purchases you had to worry about were your own?

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Writer's Column

Africa has served as a mirror for me, reflecting back my own perceptions — my judgments and distortions. As I watched the women of Burkina Faso, specifically the women in the village of Seno-Baani, an immense respect for these committed, tireless, strong women planted deeply within me. At the same time, an unexpected realization came to the fore. I became aware of my own distortions about working women, and, to my shame, I realized how these distortions have subtly poisoned my perceived value of every American woman.
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Bible Study

Because “faith works through love,” it follows that the more love we have for God, the more faith we will exercise.  We then have ever-increasing faith.  A life that has that kind of love and faith has not only the hope of revival, but also the hope of continuous victory in the Christian life.  That is the way to revival and beyond—the way to be all our heavenly Father wants us to be in this life and the life to come.