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Who Are the Wild Ones?  By Denise Dright. I was told that I was a wild one by my dad. He said I ran wild, but I thought of myself as being curious and curiosity meant inquisitive desire […]

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Psalm 131  Calmed and Quieted. By Melinda Skau. As “Gramsie”, live-in nanny to a 13-month-old bundle of energy, I glimpse an inside view of growth from infancy to toddlerhood. My grandson’s current life task is weaning. I stumbled upon […]

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Walking Beside Courage.  By Silvia Kempton. It is a Privilege to Walk Beside Courageous women Serving as the Hearts Being Healed Speaker Coordinator has become one of the greatest honors of my life. While the title describes what […]

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Dangers of Drifting. By Jan Mattson. Years ago, I went tubing down a local river with my sisters.  It was a familiar place for tubing.  My sister had planned where to pick us up.  Everything was ready and off we went down […]

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Intricately Woven and Safely Held: A Journey Through Psalm 139:13–24. By Melinda Skau. Have you ever looked in the mirror or deep within your own soul and wrestled with a quiet sense of inadequacy? Most of us eventually face […]

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Known and Loved: Psalm 139:1-12.  By Melinda Skau. Have you ever experienced being unconditionally known and loved? Growing up, my family provided abundant nurture and camaraderie, but my brother and I were also strictly disciplined and expected to […]

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Are We Enough? Lessons from Psalm 86.  By Melinda Skau. Truth and Trust in God I was sitting at a red light on a regular morning commute when I noticed a bold decal on an old economy car […]

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God Is My Strength and Portion Forever: A Reflection on Psalm 73.  By Melinda Skau. There was a season in my life where I felt consumed by “righteous indignation.” As a department director, I struggled with a recently hired […]

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation. By Melinda Skau. A Psalm of David. Psa 27:1  The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall […]

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The Double Blessing.  By Melinda Skau. Both the Gospels of Luke and Matthew note that “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Has your heart ever been so full of a problem that you find […]