For King and Country is an Australian-American duo consisting of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone. They sing alternative Christian music and are so popular in mainstream America that appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 25. A few days before that they published the following music video on...
In 1974, our family moved from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs. Our new house was a yellow split-level on London Lane in Southboro. The house next door was bright blue and there lived the family Barlass. Peggy was the youngest of four kids and lucky for me, we were in the same grade. We became...
The tween and teen years can be filled with trials and tribulations. Often, when I tuck my kids in bed at night and help them say their prayers, I tell them to keep Jesus in their hearts forever. I remind them that I will not always be there to chase away the dark clouds, but, Lord God will always...
When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He was desperate to stay alive. Full of “sorrow to the point of death,” he prayed for the bitter cup of crucifixion to pass from him. He begged his disciples to stay with Him. But, instead, they fell asleep, exhausted from mourning. Alone,...
I pray here, there and everywhere. I pray in bed staring up at the ceiling. I pray at 2 a.m., looking at the blue numbers on the digital clock. I pray in the carpool lane, especially on rainy days. Tears on my windshield washing it clean away. The cobwebs, the disappointments, the fears. Thank God...
Lean In has become the mantra of Western women who dare to ask what they might do if they weren’t afraid. But, long before Sheryl Sandberg’s book, there was Elisha Hoffman’s hymn Leaning On The Everlasting Arms. It is also about facing fears. What have I to dread, what have I to...
Robert holds me in the last perfect peace of morning. Those moments before the sun steals the amber of porch lights and conquers the winding rum of dawn. Outside our bedroom window I hear my new neighbor clearing snow from his sidewalk. Scrap-scrape-toss. Scrape-scrape-toss. I’ve awakened to...
There are days your chest constricts so tight, claws of stress reaching through you, twisting your valves, breaking down your artery walls. These are the days to shrink from superficial social networks so the walls of fear — the walls that surround the space you were born to inhabit —...
This past year, 2014, has been harder than most. My father died in February and things came undone. But, if it’s possible, 2013 was even worse. What I’ve been through is probably exactly what you’ve been through in your life. The most personal stories are also the most...
When I was little, I wanted my life to be just like the Little Rascals. I loved the Our Gang Follies when Darla, Alfalfa and the gang performed musical spoofs. It was so entertaining! When I dreamed of having children of my own, I knew I wanted to have a house that was full of paper and paints;...
In general terms, a feminist is an advocate or supporter of the rights and equality of women. Unfortunately, the term has become a lightning rod for staunch conservatives who see it as synonymous with pro-choice or abortion rights. But, many pro-lifers including yours truly, are advocates for the...
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