Tag: forgiveness
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Grinchiness Lives!
Isley and Ryken participated in the production of “A Christmas Carol” at their school this past weekend. I’ve seen several different movie versions adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel, but I’d never seen the musical. The music added to the storyline of a man hardened by circumstances, watching his father thrown into prison for debt, promising…
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Together We’re Better
Every three years, we hold our national conference, which brings together approximately 4,000 of our staff members, this year in Milwaukee, to remind us of why we do what we do. We share the one Message that can make a difference in anyone’s life: sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, His forgiveness of all that…
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Not Good Enough!
Broken bones need to be treated with respect. If a doctor is involved in adjusting the break so the bone can mend fully and well, it’s something that needs to be taken seriously. Over two weeks ago, Sloane broke both bones in her left arm attempting trapeze-quality jumping from a swing. She received a soft…
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Tattle Tale/Betrayal
photo courtesy of Birmingham Museum Trust on Unsplash “Mom, she hit me first!” “No, she started it!” “Did not! She started it!” I’m grateful my kids have grown old enough to not tattle on one another anymore. But when they were little, somebody was always crabbing about somebody else. On long car drives, there would…
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Forgive Doesn’t Mean Forget
photo courtesy of Felix Koutchinski on Unsplash Have you ever had someone in your life who seemed to enjoy holding a grudge? Where any wrong done to them was a reminder of your humanity and frailty? My mom couldn’t let go of the wrongs done to her. Her memory of pain imparted by others was…
Tip of My Iceberg 