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Spiritual Growth

Lingering or Languishing?

Languishing or lingering? A similar phrase caught my eye recently as I thought about this past year and the effects of the pandemic. Am I languishing in

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Spiritual Growth

Meddling and Me

Every January, I ask God to give me a word that describes the focus He has for me that year. This year my word—a phrase,

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Spiritual Growth

The Beauty of Nothing

As we arrived at our cabin last summer, the weather report predicted several rainy days. That was good news for me. I just wanted to

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Discipleship

Coronial Confessions

The coronavirus restrictions are changing me. Good things are resulting from staying at home. These are re-setting weeks. God’s Spirit is with me, making itself

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Sue Tell, Jean Fleming
Spiritual Growth

We Still Need Older Women!

“Older women still need older women.” I don’t remember when I first wrote those words in my journal. As I’ve continued my journey and can

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Spiritual Growth

In the Valley of Shadow

The small “stroke” in Bill’s optic nerve came suddenly and unannounced. When he woke up that Tuesday morning in March 2018, his left eye saw

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Spiritual Growth

A Quiet Place

It was the last few days of two weeks at Sanctuary, our small cabin buried deep among the pines of the Wet Mountains. It’s the

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