When I caught mono in 2013, it propelled into high gear the autoimmune disorder I had no idea was already attacking my body. I was prepping Refuge, my first novel, for publication and was excited about everything that lay before …
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Embracing what we do not like, because we know God has allowed it for our good, our refining, and our growth isn’t as tidy as it sounds. It involves late nights of staring at the blackened ceiling, of deliberately not …
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If you’ve been sick for a long time and no one can tell you what’s wrong, I’m writing to you. Relief may be in sight. But action is required. I was just diagnosed with CREST syndrome, also known as limited …
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I didn’t want to be part of a real-life science fiction story where mystery ailments strike hard at the general populace. Is it a sinister plot? Has the government been testing chemical warfare on us as part of a secret …
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I write my posts several weeks in advance. As I prepare this post, I haven’t yet seen the specialist who will be diagnosing my autoimmune disorder this month. However, by the time you read this, I will have already been …
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We have a fallacy in our American thinking. We often assume “positive thinking” will gain us everything. We rarely see sickness, death, or tragedy, and it seems foreign to us. We forget the day will come when no amount of …
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Making resolutions is a significant part of my spiritual, personal, and professional growth – my progress as a whole person. This requires deep introspection, complete honesty, and evaluation of past successes and failures. I start the inner prodding in early …
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God is with us, through every aspect of our lives, using everything to draw us to Himself, to inspire growth, and to make Himself known. Not only in the joyous occasions, but in the terrifying, He is near. All my …
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A long-term health challenge places great stress on a marriage. It won’t be better in a few days. It won’t blow over. It won’t ease up next month, when the deadline is met or the season is over. It will …
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My soon-to-release novel Fallen illustrates the fall of humankind. Sin, sickness, and death came into the world, affecting one and all. My life demonstrates the effect of sin in the world, and so does yours. In sharing this encore post …
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