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Welcome to our original blog! As of 2022, our current blog, Words of Grace, is hosted on Substack. We hope you are encouraged by our posts from 2017-2021.
The Church and the Fourth: Deep Gratitude Without Idolatry
The Fourth of July is typically near the top of everyone’s favorite holiday list, and to be honest, how could it not be? It’s in the summer where the popular traditions include parades, fireworks, barbecues, baseball, beaches, all the while sporting red, white and...
Farming and the Spiritual Life
This week's post comes to you from the Central Valley of California, where I have been traveling this week. Now I have seen farms before, but the amount of planted acreage in this place is amazing. Peaches, apricots, grapes, pistachios, almonds and more for mile...
One Step at a Time
"Auntie Mary! How do I get down?" I heard these words coming from my sweet four-year old niece, Maria. I had joined one of my sisters at the park on that sunny morning and was enjoying time with some of my nieces and nephews. As I turned to see where she was, I...