Rejoice in Him

Claire, Elisabeth, Ginger, Julie, and Rick share thoughts from the heart to the heart

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Julie Tofilon

Why Healing Often Takes So Long

Have you ever thought you’ve been healed of something physically, spiritually, or emotionally, only to discover you really hadn’t? Something calls your attention to the wound you thought was gone but apparently still exists. If you’re like me, that probably… Continue Reading →

When We Need Resurrection-Level Intervention

John 11:1-44 not only depicts one of Jesus’ greatest miracles, the raising of Lazarus from the dead, it also provides insight into the difference between God’s perspective and ours. To Jesus, Lazarus being dead, embalmed, wrapped, and sealed in a… Continue Reading →

How to Leave the Shadow

Have you ever found yourself in someone else’s shadow? Perhaps you’re following behind a great leader or celebrity—your dad, mom, older sibling, senior executive, anyone you’re close enough to for them to cast their shadow over you. Advantages of this… Continue Reading →

Diversity Doesn’t Have to Divide

Yesterday, in the USA, we celebrated Martin Luther King Day, in honor of a man who put feet, hands, and mouth into fulfilling his dream. That dream lives on, long after he was tragically gunned down and silenced. Now many… Continue Reading →

How to Share Hard Truth in a Soft Way

If someone comes up to you and says, “I’m going to be brutally honest with you…”, how does that make you feel? Probably like you have to brace yourself, prepare to be offended in some way, and perhaps become defensive… Continue Reading →

How To Know When It’s Time for a Change

Advertisements for “new and improved” have abounded for as long as we can remember, and likely for as long as our ancestors could remember. (We can imagine marketers proclaiming to parents that in order for their children to keep up… Continue Reading →

The More We Call, The Less We’ll Fall

Or, if we do fall, call for help right away! That’s what I did when I suddenly found myself on the floor of my living room, my leg/hip in excruciating pain, having just fallen from the fourth stair up. That… Continue Reading →

Cease Striving– Including At Christmastime!

“Be still…” – Ps. 46:10– In other words– “CEASE STRIVING!” ~Yes, it’s less than a week before Christmas. ~Yes, there’s Christmas cards to write and send, parties to plan and go to, choir rehearsals, last minute house-cleaning and decoration, helping… Continue Reading →

What Are You Becoming?

We become like who or what we trust in. Ps. 115:8 tells us: “Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.”   The “them” here refers to idols, which the Psalmist has proven in… Continue Reading →

Planning in Faith and Obedience

We can’t know the future, even though fortune-tellers would like us to believe we can. Sadly, many people do believe that and go to them, even though it’s crystal-ball clear they don’t know our future any more than we do…. Continue Reading →

Give Thanks For All Our Relationships

Thanksgiving—a holiday that’s really meant to be a lifestyle and ongoing attitude. A holiday that’s getting squeezed out, as merchants and marketers ring in the Christmas shopping tradition the moment the last “Trick or Treat!” has been called out. One… Continue Reading →

Expanding Our Comfort Zones

“What are you doing?”, my husband asked. “Getting used to the water—it’s a bit nippy.”, I replied, referring to the swimming pool. I didn’t plunge in all at once right away because it was somewhat outside my comfort zone, which… Continue Reading →

Learning From Mangrove Trees

Have you ever seen a mangrove tree, or better yet, a group of them? I hadn’t (or don’t remember) until we went to visit the environment they grow in, lowlands by water. Two things to notice here—lowlands and water: First,… Continue Reading →

The Depths of God’s Love

This past week we had the major blessing of snorkeling in the Atlantic Ocean in an area that’s home to some of the most beautiful coral reefs and fish in the world. For most of that, we had to join… Continue Reading →

Verify Your Source

“…Jesus stood up and said, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Jn. 7:37-38 This past week I… Continue Reading →

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