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  My nine-year-old daughter wanted to go to the mall yesterday. We wandered through the shops, not buying much at all, but looking, laughing, …

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I closed my old, beloved copy of Sense and Sensibility, and got all sappy, rambling on about my favorite authors. "I wonder what Jane Austen was …

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We walked through Target, shopping for a few random things on a list. “Mama, for Christmas, can you wrap up a box of Cocoa Krispies for me?” my …

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It happened again, just the other day. Someone came to compliment me on a sermon I preached, and after I thanked them for their kind words they asked …

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Too much. Too much on the calendar, too much to do, too much to remember. Too many. Too many plates spinning, too many people needing, too many …

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Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you …

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My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship …

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Here in Austin, we're prepping for the simulcast of a leadership summit that is completely about women and men leading in the church. The live event …

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I told you a few weeks ago that my three oldest children are attending public school for the first time this Fall. How's it going, you ask? Well, my …

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