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Thankfulness is Taught
A heart of gratitude should follow us wherever we go. As a parent, be an example to your children, teach them to give thanks.
Yes, You Should Say Something: Overcoming Awkwardness with Grieving People – Nancy Guthrie
How do you come alongside someone who is grieving? This question is critical in for any believer, even more so as we are facing an insurmountable number of challenges and loss in the past year. As many of us know, losing a loved one is never easy. Sometimes the hurt...
The Road of Grief
Loss It seems fitting that I am writing about grief on “Overdose Awareness Day.” How else can I honor my brother, Jason Paul Keels, than to write about the gaping hole in my heart? I still have his phone number- even though it belongs to somebody else now. For 6...
Types of Loss and Permission to Grieve
On March 12th I was speaking in Mom to Mom with the topic: Tools to Help in Hard Times. We really had no idea what the next six months would bring as the realities of this pandemic sank in. Kids home from school, businesses closing, church not meeting. All sense of...
Parental Guidance: Enjoying the Word
My biggest desire as a parent is for my kids to know and love God. One of the ways to know and enjoy God is by spending time reading and mediating on His Word. I want my kids to be able to enjoy the Bible. Publishers have done a good job of making attractive kid...
Off the Rails
Prior to Christ capturing my life, I lived a life filled with harrowing twists and turns. I craved the stability and consistency of the Christian life. I saw Christianity as a means to combat the fluctuating and shifting nature of the world. The Bible would serve to...
Bridges And Boxes
If you drive by Good Shepherd on a Thursday afternoon, you might be surprised to come upon a party that happens there every week. You will find the newest Outreach Team members, Allison and DJ VanZanten, cheerily gathering supplies and setting up a station with children in tow.
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