Author: Nancy C. Williams
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The Privileged Life: Faith Lessons from Football
“For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that isgiven to us, let us use them…. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all…
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The Privileged Life: Say “Amen” to Blessings and Trials
“And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. Then all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.” (Nehemiah 8:6) When our daughter, Elizabeth, was a toddler and starting to talk, I would set her in her high chair just before dinner and start putting food on…
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The Privileged Life: Of Angels and Haints—Living Among the Unseen
“And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out for fear.” (Matthew 14:26) I just spent four nights sleeping in a supposedly-haunted room. Last week, my beloved husband and I enjoyed a short trip to Charleston, S.C., having booked a room in a…
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The Privileged Life: Put Your Prayers to Pen and Paper—Six Tips!
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy….” (Philippians 1:3-4) It’s called the Wailing Wall, but when we visited the Jerusalem site earlier this year, our experience was remarkably quiet…a serious place for prayer. The limestone wall on the western side of the…
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The Privileged Life: Flying on Broken Wings
“He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.” (Psalm 91:4) How could I make a plane crash? That was the question I pondered as I worked on research for my novel about a Russian test pilot flying a MiG-9 fighter jet. I have limited…
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