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The Privileged Life: A Costly Love
“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:16) Eighty years ago, a valiant group of young men from America, Canada, and the United Kingdom stormed the gates of hell on a remote beach in Normandy. An estimated 10,000…
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The Privileged Life: A Garden Worth Tending
“Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:2) My herb/flower bed has bed head. It looks pretty ragged, much like the end of season. There’s no beautiful organization or delineation between plantings…just lots of frizzy, wild-looking parsley mixed…
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The Privileged Life: The Wisdom of Lifelong Learning
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2) Want to make kids turn cartwheels? Tell them it’s the last day of the school year! Woohoo! Bring on summertime! For the young, school seems to last…
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The Privileged Life: Roses, Canaries, Donkeys…and Other Warnings
What do roses, canaries, and donkeys have in common? They all serve as alerts to dangers….
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The Privileged Life: Are You Insignificant? Or a Star?
“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:3-4) Many days, I feel so insignificant. That’s because, in the eyes of the world, I am. I’m one little nobody on a…
Nancy C. Williams 