Testing or Torture: Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt

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I don’t look sick, do I? The year was 2002, right before the health crash that landed me in bed for six months. Between 1997 – 2005, I endured a lot of medical testing. (CLICK HERE for more about my chronic illness battle.) At times, I questioned whether it should be called testing or torture. Were it not for believing my doctors …

The Difference Between Forgiveness and Consequences

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Picture a beautiful sunny day in the Caribbean. My hubby and I had saved our pennies for a family cruise on our older daughter’s senior-year spring break. On this day we’d chosen an excursion on inner-tube motor boats. Dad got one daughter. I got the other. The guide instructed us on how to accelerate, how to steer, and off we went—about 15 of these cumbersome, floating, …

Precious Forgiveness by Nichole Ridner

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As my 11-year-old son walked out of the house at the end of January in shorts, I commented that he could wear what he wanted but my suggestion that he wear pants would help him avoid his feelings getting hurt by comments from others. His response left me speechless, ashamed and heartbroken. “Mom, the only person who ever says anything …

The Good News About Sin

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No one needs to learn how to sin. Have I mentioned that I have the sweetest grandbabies on earth? But each and every one of them needs to be saved! One of them cries—no, screams—when mommy takes away the bottle or binky. Another one gets told “no” repeatedly—and then smiles and reaches for the forbidden object anyway. Sound familiar? My kids did …

Salvation Shindig

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If I host a Tupperware party, will you come? Howsa bout Pampered Chef? Jewelry maybe? Candles, cosmetics, baskets and more; the list of house-party hoopla grows as fast as marketers’ brains can spin. The finance community has begun to employ similar tactics with their informational lunches and dessert meetings. Financial planners often invite a group of folks to watch a …