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The Words of Songs Can Flood Our Hearts

The Words of Songs Can Flood Our Hearts

As a former Director of Worship & Creative Arts, I will sometimes look at society and think….wow, we go through worship songs like  women’s fashion changes each spring and fall.  Bold and beautiful songs, gentle and repentant, along with quiet and reflective all make up today’s contemporary music.  And I love it! However, there are ...

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Door Busters

Door Busters

My girls are infamous deal shoppers.  They are the crazy-ones, who get up at 3:00 a.m. for the “door busters” sales that take place on Black Friday. They will do their best for the best deal.  They have no fear.  Nothing stops them.  So, I wasn’t surprised when Jenessa came to me a couple of weeks ...

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Listening

Listening

There are days in this life when I just stop. I stop reading, writing, singing, and working. And I listen. I listen for God.  What is He saying to me….I want to know. And I find myself walking to the piano.  I push back the black shiny cover, and finger the ivory keys.  And I ...

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Never Say Never

Never Say Never

Do you ever struggle with believing?  I mean really believing?  There are times in my life when I hear these words so often, I start believing them.  The words:  That will never happen. It seems like we are surrounded with a world that takes a negative stand on just about everything. The word “never” seems ...

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Wait & See What Dad Says

Wait & See What Dad Says

When I was a little girl, on lazy, warm, Iowa summer days, my siblings and I would often ask mom if we could go to the A &W.  It was a short distance from the edge of town, where we lived, and because it was a treat that didn’t happen often, we would do a ...

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Change of Plans

Change of Plans

Sometimes the best laid plans never happen.  Sometimes what we would never want for our lives…comes to fruition.  How do we respond when things don’t go our way?   Yesterday I sat down in front of my huge and growing “to do” list.  I was in one of those moods that everyone loves….the “get ‘er ...

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What Do You Do With the Mad?

What Do You Do With the Mad?

 This week brought several things my way that just created frustration….and at times….some anger.  Whenever I get angry, I think back to the days when my oldest daughter, Alexis, was about 4, and we  watched Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood every afternoon at 3:30.  We loved the puppets, but I loved the music, as it was  simple, to ...

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Soul Rest

Soul Rest

  Mark 6:30  The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all they had done and taught. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, He said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” ...

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Loss Hurts

Loss Hurts

There is something about loss that I finally realized today….it never gets any easier to accept.  As I pulled open the door to Erbert and Gerbert’s, I stepped in and ordered my sandwich.  I looked around at the world, racing by in its usual way.  And suddenly, just as though I was in some sad ...

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Carbiou $10 giveaway!  Post a status on your facebook page

Carbiou $10 giveaway! Post a status on your facebook page

Post a status on your facebook page about what you appreciate about Best Life Ministries, then tag us in the post, and we’ll enter you in a $10 giveaway drawing for a Caribou giftcard!! Drawing to take place March 19th at noon.