Staying Put

Last night I talked to an friend who is spending her last days (diagnosed with terminal cancer) with her family in Alaska. As a former missionary, her life has been filled with hardships. When she moved to Alaska a couple of years ago to teach 8 grandchildren and 15 adopted children, she admits that it [...]

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He Lives

After watching the movie Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian I was dwelling on the spiritual metaphors that C.S. Lewis weaves into his novel when I was suddenly interrupted by the hymn tune He Lives playing in my mind. I immediately thought, “Why is this tune in my head? This is an Easter song!” Then, I played back the words to the first verse in [...]

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Who Should Teach the Young

From Robert Murray M’Cheyne by Andrew Bonar
He had a high standard in his mind as to the moral qualifications of those who shuld teach the young. When a female teacher was sought for to conduct an evening school in his parish for the sake of the mill-girls, he wrote to one interested in the cause: [...]

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