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In the Light

Co-authored with my dad, Reverend Philip VanDop @ CalculatedWanderings.com. She sat in my office, shoulders slumped – heavy with the weight of fear from past memories. Burdens she’d chosen to carry too...

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Book Review: Second Chances by Max Lucado

The title of this book, Second Chances, caught my eye because I have been on the receiving end of many second chances in life. From very small happenstances to extreme life changes – being granted a...

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The Knot Prayer

Dear God, Please untie the knots That are in my mind, My heart and my life. Remove the have nots, The cannots and the do nots Erase the will nots, May nots, Might nots that may find A home in my heart....

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Do I Belong Here?

One day, when I was in 5th grade, my teacher handed out a test explaining there were no wrong answers – so we should pick what we felt was best for the question. Something about the look of that test...

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Drawing Near to God

It’s raining in life right now and I long to be as close to God as possible, under His umbrella – sheltered from the storms raging around me. Everything feels incredibly uncomfortable and uncertain....

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Learning to Cook…at 31!

I’ll be turning 32 next week – and as I look back over the last year, I’m amazed at the things I have learned through this year’s changes. Each day has brought its wins and losses that have helped to...

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To My Under-Appreciated Husband

Dear Husband, I want so badly to be the wife you deserve… A wife that greets you at the door, when you come home for work, emotionally stable with a smile on my face.  A wife who could manage our son’s...

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Pure Spiritual Milk

“Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for the nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.” 1...

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Book Review: Downside Up by Tracey Mitchell

“Rejection reveals, alerts, exposes, defines, confirms, and is one of the greatest motivators in life.” This is one of the opening points Tracey Mitchell makes in her book, Downside Up: Transform...

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The Duck by Ben Loory

Listen to this story read by its author on This American Life by clicking here. A duck fell in love with a rock. It was a large rock, about the size of a duck actually, that was situated off the bank...

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