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A bright red bucket, spiked with a rainbow of colored markers propped open the door of our meeting room. Next to it another bucket was filled with smooth, golf-ball-size rocks. What part, I wondered, would…

Are you going to send hard-copy Christmas cards this year?   Our first card arrived on December 1st! Wow! What punctuality. I’ll be lucky if the cards I do send arrive in time for New Year’s. But more impressive…

Maybe you’re at odds with God today? … And maybe you feel like you’ve got good reason to be.   This thing you’re dealing with; deep emotional hurt, physical pain, loss, mental anguish…just doesn’t seem…

Heavenly Father, Our emotions are raw.Our hearts are broken.Our faith is rattled.We are scared. Hear us as we pray in these days of aftermath and funerals for the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. We lift…

These last few years have been such a blessing because of friends like you. I want to thank you for all your awesome support and encouragement with an opportunity to win some of the latest…

“Mommy, what are you going to be for Halloween?”   I could hardly wait to hear the answer and inched a little closer to the costume rack. Yes, I was eavesdropping, but that’s what writers do.   “I think I’ll be…

BOUNCE BACK PEOPLE LOOK AROUND AND ASK QUESTIONS When’s the last time you really thought about what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and what you want the result to be?  It’s been said the definition of…

HELPING OTHERS BOUNCE BACK IS WHAT SURVIVORS DO! It’s October and tiny town Trenton, SC has turned pink again.  But this time it’s not in the peach orchards. This time it’s at the post office!!…

So excited! This week’s Thought From Penny was published in Christian Devotions!  BOUNCE! DON’T BREAK… QUIT CHOKING ON CONFLICT If you’re a people pleaser like me, you’d probably rather eat bugs than employ confrontation as a healthy…