My Place to Yours™ is listed in the Faithful Bloggers Directory – an online community of bloggers for whom faith is the foundation of our words. From time to time, Faithful Bloggers challenges us to write about a specific topic – and then compiles the submissions. Their most recent topic? New Growth in the Life of Believers I took the challenge. The Christian life is not always smooth and pretty. In fact, it's sometimes harsh and difficult before the new life appears... and the cycle often repeats itself. I've just recently begun to come out of a very long winter of the soul. Those tiny, hopeful shoots of new growth have appeared. I'm really glad. If you'd like to read The ... Keep Reading...
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Flag Waving by a Disenchanted American
Today is Flag Day – and the Fourth of July is right around the corner... but I've been having a hard time lately feeling very "proud to be an American". Blessed, yes... but proud? With news cycles full of a humanitarian crisis of children a POW/deserter (huh?) a(nother) school shooting misspent sacrifices in Iraq ... it's easy to get overwhelmed. It's easy to forget about a disappeared airliners' draining effect on family members hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls children in our neighborhoods living in "the system" 153 million orphans and so much more Are you “proud to be an American” but finding yourself frustrated by today’s America? Do you need a reminder of the good ... Keep Reading...
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Scared is the New Brave: Part 2
I've already shared Part 1 of this story with you, but there's more... The call came at 9:25 AM. Was I in town? Could I come talk to a young mother? Yes... and yes. So began my journey down a new path. I was scared. But this time the story isn't about me. It's about her. ... Keep Reading...
