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Feb 29, 2012

I Do: Truth

Seth Haines

Editor's Note: Today we're wrapping up a month-long series exploring the joys and struggles of marriage, broaching the topic from multiple angles for the sake of helping, healing, and...

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Feb 23, 2012

I Do: Doing

Ann Voskamp

Editor's Note: This month we're in a series exploring the joys and struggles of marriage, broaching the topic from multiple angles for the sake of helping, healing, and considering. A June...

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Feb 16, 2012

Does the L-Word Belong in Business?

Bradley J. Moore

So I was standing in line at Starbucks, doing my usual coffee routine, and I saw one of the baristas, Carla, in the background taking orders for the drive-through. She’s talking on one of those...

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Feb 9, 2012

I Do: Frayed

Duane Scott

Editor's Note: This month we're in a series exploring the joys and struggles of marriage, broaching the topic from multiple angles for the sake of helping, healing, and considering. He sits...

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Dec 5, 2011

When Love Is an Action

laura boggess

I have watched how they go these past weeks. Soaring and diving, turning and landing—a migration ballet. I stand in the middle of the street with my neck arched upward for dizzying moments. When...

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Nov 24, 2011

Jesus Smells Like Murphy's Oil Soap

laura boggess

I don’t know why I came. Many reasons, I suppose—obligation, guilt, habit. Whatever it is, I give up my Saturday morning for it. Meet this ragtag group to pitch in and clean up our church. I...

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Sep 14, 2011

How Do I Love Thee?

by Simply Darlene
The High Calling

She's a writer; he's an engineer. She's tried to explain her love of words, and he's told her more than once that he doesn't understand. This isn't a movie-marriage where the man has a soft spot...

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Aug 24, 2011

Community Post: Farther Along

Billy Coffey

What if everything changed, and suddenly, "I love you" were the only words you could say? Writer Billy Coffey shares a beautiful story about what it means when life is reduced to its most...

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Aug 21, 2011

The Museum Of Mom

Sheila Lagrand

After the death of her mother, Sheila Lagrand's dad packed up the life he'd shared with his wife and moved it into a new house. Sheila takes us with her on a beautiful visit to that new house,...

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Aug 3, 2011

The Bouquet

Charity Singleton

I brought the bouquet home, amazed at how beautiful the pink lilies looked next to the tulips and the white baby bells. Even the carnations looked elegant nestled among the greenery and the...

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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge

Add to the Beauty

During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +