Giving that Matters

2015) There are times when my young scholars get into scuffles and as I help guide them through making things right with each other, I will ask one or both to apologize. Sometimes these apologies are forceful and curt and some may say this is a wasted requirement. I don’t think so because I’m teaching
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What Isn’t Seen

2014) When my sweet, famous dog of my Boone Tails children’s book series was with us, each evening, he would look up at the ceiling in the same area with great intent. I would smile and say, “Boone, are you watching the angels?” Sounds a little silly, but is it?   2 Kings 6:17 records
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Comfort

2013) I have a blessed life in many ways and I’m thankful for that and yet, each day, I’m looking for something. I look for comfort.   How can I have so many blessings and still want and need comfort? I can’t answer for mankind but for me, it’s because I see so many things
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Checking In

2012) When my young scholars come back to school each year, I am astonished how much they have grown and matured since the year before. This growing and maturity isn’t often seen by them, so when I comment on their growth, they look at me without much understanding.   James 3:2 makes a similar observation.
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How’s Your Hearing?

2011) How’s your hearing? I’ve mentioned before that I find hearing my husband’s voice in a moving car difficult because I hear the background noise and it blends in with my husband’s.   But what about my hearing when it comes to listening to God and others? Am I concentrating on what is being said
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Which are You? A Murderer or Healer?

2010) We are both murderers and healers. Why do I say this? Because of Proverbs 18:21.   In this verse, we are reminded that the words we say can bring death to others (and ourselves). The word death can be translated to “separation”. Our words can separate us from others. They can separate the ones
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Using Gifts

2009) I arrive at school very early. I am much more alive and awake in the morning, but in the afternoons, not so much.   There are rarely any other staff members at school when I arrive other than a custodian and lunchroom supervisor and cook. About an hour after I arrive, there is another
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God is Working

2008) If I take a look at what Jewish people have had to endure throughout history, I shake my head. From Bible times, to World War 2, to modern history, it’s mindboggling. Yet, the Jewish people aren’t the only ones who have been oppressed. The list is deep.   Why has God allowed this oppression?
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What Prayer Brings

2007) I have dedicated myself to spending more time in prayer. I wish I could say I did it to nurture a better relationship with God. Yes, it’s part of it, but I found I was continuing to have bad attitudes about specific people and circumstances, so a deeper prayer life has resulted.   What
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Green Pastures

2006) I was studying the 23rd Psalm recently and two familiar words caught my attention: green pastures. Where I live in coastal Maine, we have a short window when we see green pastures. In fact, in winter, you can even have a difficult time picturing it in your head.   As I contemplated these two
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