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Sock Monsters and the Dragging of Feet
Today I spent two hours folding socks, 227 pairs of socks. Actually, it was 227 pairs of socks (68 of…
Melanie Barnfield
Jesus the True Hallmark
Ahh…Christmas. The time of the year when we decorate with lights perhaps even tensile, and hot coco mix lives on…
Sowing Truth in the Furrows of the Mind
I was taught to make bread by a college friend who had grown up as a missionary kid in Istanbul….
Christ, Our Portion
I am amazed at my own heart’s capacity for joy and love and sorrow. And this is life; to push the…
Evangelism | Friendship | Love
Oh, How He Loves…
Murphy’s law seemed to be at it again; if it could go wrong, it did. It started when my husband…
Emotions | Health | Hope | Mental Health
To the Hearts Built on the Floodplain
I am not typically one to fall in love with the entirety of an artist’s music album when it comes…
The Half-Truth Gospel that Perpetuates Satan’s Lies
God just calls us to love people…. right? For many well- meaning, church going, Christians the outreach of the church…
Finding peace in the “here…but not yet”
To the suffering, abused, and disadvantaged. To those left in ashes, seeking restoration, or dealing with loss. May these be…
My Thoughts on Easter and Body Art
The fact is, I was nearly halfway through my 20s before I got my ears pierced for the first time….
From Faithful Dandelions to Nurturing Trees
The Bible is full of realities that seem to be paradoxes: exultation through humility (James 4:10), strength through weakness (2…