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A Life of Victory That Brings Glory to God: Psalm 18 Morning Meditation
Psalm 18 is a song of praise born from deliverance. In Eugene Peterson’s translation, the Psalm feels both honest and triumphant—rooted in struggle, yet overflowing with gratitude. It reminds us that victory is not about personal achievement, but about God’s faithfulness revealed through our lives. In this Morning Meditation, we slow down and sit with…
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Finding Satisfaction in God: Psalm 17 Morning Meditation
There are moments when the soul feels restless—when we long for clarity, protection, or relief from what presses in around us. Psalm 17 is David’s honest prayer in one of those moments. He pleads for vindication, protection, and salvation, yet beneath every word is a deeper longing: to be near God. In this Morning Meditation,…
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Bee Satisfied
Along the walkway to my front door there’s a beautiful shrub covered in tiny purple flowers. It looks especially pretty as the fall temperatures drop, and lately I’m not the only one loving it. When you pass by it these days you’ll hear the hymn of busy bees doing their work. Most days I walk…
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A Gift from Grumpy Monkey
A while back my friend gifted me a book. It’s a children’s book about a monkey who is grumpy but refuses to acknowledge how he feels. I wish I could say this gift was given to read to my grands, but it wasn’t. It was for me. My friend knows me well, maybe a little…
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Discovering the Way of Prayer
Long ago, like way back in the 90’s, I came across a book that took different scriptures and turned them into personal prayers. On days when I couldn’t seem to find the words for prayer or needed some inspiration, I would open it up and read the scripture inserting my thoughts where there were blanks…
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Flourish In Faith: Even if You’re Anxious
Join us on the Discover God’s Way Podcast where Ramzee and I share about battling anxiety and growing in faith no matter the fear. Click on the link below wherever you listen to podcasts. Do you have a young person who struggles with anxiety? This is the perfect podcast to share with them. It is…
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Waiting to Exhale
I sit and listen as the one who is fighting the deadly disease shares her heart, her desire for all this pain to bring God glory, and the decision to forgo the only treatment left. We pray together, hug each other tight, and the day continues. I sit at the table with tears welling and…
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Flourish In Faith: Making Choices
In the second episode with my niece Ramzee, we talk about how she arrived at her plan for the future. And you’ll learn a bit about the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Click on the link below wherever you listen to podcasts. We hope you will pass this along to the teens in your life. It is our…
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Love’s Always the Answer
With coffee in hand I sit and watch the the world wake up. Praying. Reading. Wondering about the answer to my friend’s question. “Stacy, how do you love more… and think less?” I find it somewhat funny that in trying to figure out what the answer looks like, I sit and think. It’s the way…
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The Terrible Truth
The words of my book club read bring me to a complete stop. The spiritualities that hold up across an entire lifetime of an individual — providing meaning-making in not one season of life but in many — are those that allow suffering, those that let go of control, and those that surrender to the…
