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The Privileged Life: Best-Ever Triple-Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies!
“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” (Ephesians 5:2) In the United States, May 15 is “National Chocolate Chip Day.” And, World Cookie Day is August 4. But as far as I’m concerned, every day is “Chocolate Chip Cookie…
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The Privileged Life: A Normal Day…with a Mouse in the House
“I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:6b-7) We’ve discovered an intruder in our house—the four-legged variety that likes cheese and chaos. This is no ordinary field mouse, however. This one has had ninja training. Despite our best efforts to ensnare it overnight, it…
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The Privileged Life: Kings and Queens (Part 4)—The Weight of the Crown
“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown….” (Revelation 14:14) The official royal crown worn by the monarch of Great Britain—made of platinum, gold, silver, purple velvet, and ermine—contains 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, hundreds of pearls and the “Black…
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The Privileged Life: Kings and Queens (Part 3)—Lady Jane Grey, Martyr for Christ
“Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14b) As Great Britain gears up for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee—celebrating the longest reign, 70 years, for any monarch in English history—let’s take a look at the shortest reign, by the 16th-century noblewoman who lasted only nine days on the…
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The Privileged Life: Kings and Queens (Part 2)—Elizabeth, a Queen of Faith
“…let those who love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength.” (Judges 5:31b) I have a personal letter from Queen Elizabeth. I’m not kidding. Okay, it’s from her lady-in-waiting. But it’s on royal stationery, and I’ll still claim it as a real letter from the Queen herself (see below). Several years ago, my little book group…
Nancy C. Williams 