Author: Nancy C. Williams
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The Privileged Life: Celebrate What’s Most Important
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” (Philippians 4:8) There’s an ongoing spiritual battle for our souls—old as the Bible, new as this week’s sales flyers and displays at big-chain megastores. You could almost call…
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The Privileged Life: Unleash Your Creativity!
“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:19) I love fall! We’re in peak leaf-changing season here in southern Appalachia, and the colors around us are eye-popping. Buttery-yellow tulip poplars, tomato-red maples, bright-orange serviceberry…
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The Privileged Life: 13 Ways to Pray for Israel and Ukraine
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces.’” (Psalm 122:6) Earlier this year, I walked through a hallowed spot deep below the surface of Jerusalem. Our tour group trekked through the Western Wall Tunnel, a skinny passageway that skirts alongside the precisely-hewn…
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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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