Sherry Wilbert
Prioritize Joy
As we sail into the 2024 holiday season, whether it’s to buy a tree stand or haul away a broken appliance, setting priorities is...
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Janet Richey
Nov 204 min read
Who Rearranged the Furniture?
In the dark, early hours of Christmas Eve 2017, I grabbed my laptop and the largest mug of coffee I could cram in a cupholder and drove...
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Janet Richey
Oct 113 min read
Whatever is True
It was the first not-rainy day in ten that a group of 76 women, mostly connected to Living Water Community Church, gathered for a...
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Janet Richey
Apr 263 min read
Missing the Point
Comfortably sandwiched between my Church Peeps, I sat in service, feeling chastised. But it wasn't because of a grievous transgression....
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Janet Richey
Apr 193 min read
A Solar Eclipse Story
Star Log: March 29, 2017 We piled into the Family Ford and drove five hours to one of the most forgettable places on a Pennsylvania map....
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Sherry Wilbert
Feb 213 min read
Unanswered Prayer
The call came on a Saturday. I have stage 4 colon cancer and the doctor said I have 11 months to live. Shock—oh my God; disbelief—that...
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Dawn Barrick
Jan 114 min read
I Am David
When we think of David – the biblical David – what comes to mind? Certainly shepherd, poet, warrior, giant-killer, and king. He was an...
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Mike Bongo
Dec 18, 20238 min read
10 Reasons to Tell Your Kids the Truth about Santa
Imagine a scenario: A 3rd grade classroom, the teacher is busy at her desk helping a child, and the rest of the class is hanging out...
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Carol Apgar
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Rebuild the Wall
Nehemiah 1:3 “They said to me, ‘The remnant there in the province, who had survived the exile, is in great trouble and shame. The wall...
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Janet Richey
Oct 19, 20234 min read
Lessons from a Labrador
I am (depending on your definition of it) a fraud. In early September as I sat down to write this blog, I was ready to confess that I had...
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Dawn Barrick
Oct 5, 20234 min read
My Heart's Delight
When I was 9, I became a songwriter. It may have had something to do with walking my neighborhood streets selling boxes of Christmas...
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Mae Spradley
Sep 27, 20232 min read
Sniffles, Coughs, and Sneezes
Her voice broke with sniffles, coughs, and sneezes as the Negro spiritual she sang filled the convenience store. For a moment, I almost...
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Janet Richey
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Free Range Children
Aside from his quick wit and the occasional ability to misinterpret Scripture, one of the things I inherited from my dad was his...
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Janet Richey
Jul 25, 20233 min read
The Legalist Has Left the Building
I’ve been frantically chasing my tail with this God’s Law and grace thing, and how to tie it into my previous blog “The Legalist Within.”...
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Janet Richey
Jun 23, 20234 min read
The Legalist Within
I didn’t know what a U-turn was until I illegally executed one with my banana seat bike, directly into the path of a green Chevy Nova....
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Mike Bongo
Jun 21, 20234 min read
J.E.D.I. in the Workplace
I recently listened to an episode from one of my favorite podcasts entitled I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist with Frank Turek....
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Mike Bongo
Jun 15, 20234 min read
A Head Scratching Bible Verse
God is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe? What does that mean? This is one of those verses that stops you in your...
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Janet Richey
Jun 2, 20233 min read
DADS and DAUGHTERS
I accepted Christ as my personal savior at the inconceivably young age of six, mainly, because I wanted to please my dad. While anyone...
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Janet Richey
Apr 27, 20233 min read
"Just Say Yes!"
Dad had a propensity for hernias and kidney stones, which is probably why he was in the hospital the day he had THE dream. Standing...
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Janet Richey
Mar 29, 20233 min read
Embracing the Journey ~Janet Richey
It is 10:30 on a Sunday morning and I am sitting at a red light that refuses to change colors. I just walked out of a church service,...
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