everyday thoughts on eternal things
When our older daughter was an infant, someone said to Jeff and me, "I don't know if you’ve experienced this yet, but as a parent there are so many choices to make and you don’t always know if you’re making the right one." Two and a half years in, I have probably prayed more for …
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A few weeks ago I had a conversation with one of my close friends as our daughters played together. As she talked about how her daughter will grow up knowing the gospel in a way that she herself didn't, and how her daughter will never have the memory of hearing it for the first time, …
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"The things that we are doing every day when we are being productive—answering emails, going to meetings, making supper for the family—are not just things we are doing. They are good works...The activities of our everyday lives are not separate from the good works that God has called us to. They are themselves part of …
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After my daughter was born, one of my recurring prayer requests was that I would learn what it meant to worship God in the season of new-mommyhood. Up until then, it was pretty straightforward for me to answer questions of why I did what I did- I had seen my education as a given prep …
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not …
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