An Open Letter to My Sunday School Students
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I miss you. I miss meeting with you on Sunday mornings and finding out what’s happening in your life. About your new puppy. About how
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…those thoughts about life that spin like wheels in my head — and hopefully don’t run me over…
You Want to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name
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They named a drink after me. Usually had it ready the moment they saw my license plate. I’d walk in the door, and the whole
Ever Changing Me
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It was a book I threw together. Something quick for Sunday School to teach the lesson in a unique way. Nothing unusual there. My students
Mothering that Never Grows Old
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Parenting can be 24/7. For years. And for much of that time, you labor to work yourself out of the job. But some parts? They
Kids: Recognizing His Gift at the Heart of the Work
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I’m sure you’ve heard it. At least once. “Why isn’t there a Kids’ Day?”
In Memory of “Where were you…?”
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**I heard it from my grandmother—the question of her day: Where were you on the attack of Pearl Harbor?
In with the New
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originally written for my “Family Time” Column in Fountain of Life Magazine, Jan/Feb 2016 It seems we are a people who love new beginnings. Turning over a
When Faith Becomes Visible: The Story of One Woman Who Did Not Forget
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It was a moment to cherish. There I sat in her living room watching this precious woman, my grandmother-in-law, play her special version of patty-cake
Punishment or Protection? …When Life Seems ‘Out of Order’…
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They looked at me like I’d killed their grandma. Or at least stolen their candy. In truth, I’d tried to save them from the machine
Elizabeth Daghfal
A mother of 5 and a wife of 30+ years, Elizabeth never seems to run out of ideas for "pen and paper" fodder. Between her "not-there-yet" mistakes and her "scattered kernels," that keep her mind reeling, she loves the chance to share what the Lord is teaching her as a parent, spouse, and individual...Truly loved by Christ as she is, but changed daily by His grace...
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