patterns
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Many Hands, One Garden
I was having a conversation with a young friend recently about raising children. And when I say young, I mean young. I am pushing seventy, and she hasn’t quite managed to leave her teenage years behind yet. She is a sweet young woman who has come through some difficult things in her short life. What…
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Between Intention and Reaction
There was a time when I didn’t even notice how fast I reacted. Words came out before I had fully thought them through. Emotions took the lead, and reflection showed up late, usually after the damage had already been done. It wasn’t dramatic. It was subtle. A tone here. A sharp response there. A knot…
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Unpacking Spiritual Baggage
Scripture Focus: Exodus 20:5–6 “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,…
