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A Chapter I Never Wanted to be Part of My Story
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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Storms: A Devotion
Read Mark 4:35-41 “Don’t you care what happens to me?” Have you ever said those words to God? The disciples were being obedient. It was Jesus’ idea to get in a boat and cross the...
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Four Things for the Shifting Seasons
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
“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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Birthday Blessings
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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Tend to You
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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Go Looking for God
When we are worried, we tend to look at everything that worries us. We immerse ourselves in the surmounting to-do lists. We stare at our messy house. We drop a Google search and every symptom...
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10 Things to Do When Deciding Direction (Part 2 of 2)
Glad you hopped onto the blog today! If you are here because you read part 1 of this blog, I can't wait to keep talking about this topic of discerning direction when facing a big...
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10 Things to Do When Deciding Direction (Part 1 of 2)
Are you facing a big decision or considering a change? Sometimes it is so difficult to know if you are to go right or left or pause or sprint. We often pray and feel like...
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Be Free, Little Elephant
Have you heard the story of the man who was passing by some elephants and was stopped by what he saw? He noticed that these giant beasts who weigh between 6,000 and 13,000 pounds, were...
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