History, Real Life, and Faith
It’s time for me to write the Christmas letter. Today. How about you? I’ve always loved Christmas letters, a peek into the lives of friends who live far away; an opportunity for me to reflect on and sum up 365 days of my family’s life. (Facebook gives me an immediacy I didn’t have until recently, so perhaps the letter isn’t…
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What happened between Zacharias and an angel?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve tried to handle family relationships with peace over the years. This Thanksgiving I’m not having problems, but in the past, I’ve run into difficulties. It’s not my fault if the in-laws, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles and even children don’t agree with my brilliance. Er, don’t see eye to eye with me on a variety of…
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We are thrilled this Thanksgiving because some of our vegetarian relatives will be joining us. I’m not sure if they’ve ever been with us on this holiday that centers around eating turkey. Menu aside, it’s about time we got together! As in so many things, we’re all trying hard to accommodate each other’s needs, which include finicky toddlers, nursing moms…
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This is the third and final segment of Who is Biddy Chambers? Here are parts One and Two. What became of Oswald Chambers‘ widow? Biddy Chambers was a young woman when her husband died of complications after an emergency appendectomy. A hard working talented mother with a young child, she stayed on in Egypt ministering at the YMCA camp at Zeitoun…
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Biddy Chambers and her life in Egypt during WWI. How Biddy began to put Oswald Chambers’ words into publication