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Who Can Be a Favored Woman?

Who Can Be a Favored Woman?

I keep wondering what it would take to be called a “favored” woman as the Virgin Mary was.  As a young Catholic I idolized her, and years (and years and years) later, I am still fascinated by her story. If we are all sinners (and we definitely are) how can any woman...

Have a Mary Christmas This Year!

Have a Mary Christmas This Year!

Have a MARY Christmas this year! I love this painting by ArtByCorby! Check it out at his Etsy shop. Every time I see it I think of the treasure women are to one another in both times of rejoicing and of facing the unknown. Carole Ward prayed decades ago, “Lord send me...

Waiting for Christmas

Waiting for Christmas

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:4-5 Waiting can be hard under normal circumstances, but waiting for...

Choosing Victory Through Emotional Pain

Choosing Victory Through Emotional Pain

Throughout 2022, I wondered if I would ever again be strong enough to do ministry effectively.  There were some days when I had to fight to get out of bed – mostly physically, but sometimes emotionally. Cancer can do that.  But what I knew for sure – every day – is...

God Can Do Anything

God Can Do Anything

God can do anything, you know - far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Eph 3:20 MSG This has been my daily breath since the...