Because mess has messed with us, we do whatever we can to avoid it. We say, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” We cross the street so we don’t have to feel uncomfortable. We keep...
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We were on a road trip to Portland to visit friends, back when our kids were little, and we stopped at a Starbucks before getting back on the freeway. Like parents do, we asked, “Does...
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At the age of 59 I was feeling empty and wondering what I was going to do with the rest of my life. People were asking me, Barb when are you going to retire? I...
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Sometimes it can feel overwhelming trying to choose what to read out of your whole big Bible. It might even be intimidating deciding how to spend your quiet time with God when there are no...
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I find myself in a new season. My hubby and I are officially empty nesters. That's right, both the kids moved out of the house. Their rooms are bare, though the old sports ribbons still...
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“It’s possible.” Those two words have been on my kitchen chalkboard for the last few months. I knew that during these months I was going to endure the loss of my father, the old pain...
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Read – Isaiah 60 God wants more for us than we want for ourselves. Have you ever stopped to think about that? One of my favorite verses is Ephesians 3:20 which tells us “God is...
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I once ran into a man while running a Collide errand. It was a true miracle story. The long and short of it is that I was with a volunteer looking for flowers for a...
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Around here at the Collide office when one of our staff members has a birthday, we all take a few minutes of our staff meeting to shower the birthday girl with birthday blessings. We call...
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You know, we’ve all learned the hard way… We plant that beautiful flower we saw at the garden store and within weeks that poor thing has withered. We got busy and forgot to water it....
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