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On a beautiful day in South Carolina, near where we lived and served as pastor, my family and I headed into the Blue Ridge foothills. As we drove, a little Christian store with "holiness" prominently displayed on its sign caught my attention.
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An elderly woman was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died of cancer just a few months earlier. Now, several days before Christmas, she was almost snowed in by a brutal weather system.
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If you had eavesdropped on one British couple during the Advent season of 1921, you would have heard lament. The year had been punctuated by a string of deaths.
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Looking to the ground, his face is engulfed with hands searching to cover up feelings of shame and regret. Her back to him, her eyes are gazing toward the window, fighting back tears of betrayal. A dead silence exists between the couple.
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At two, Lucca was a happy and bright little boy. I kept him on Fridays and nicknamed him, "Sweetness."
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7 Tips for Getting Along with Siblings
Often the hardest people to get along with are in our own households, especially brothers and sisters. So what are some tips for getting along with those in your house?
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My nearly two-year-old daughter recently experienced physical pain. Her tiny hand was in the crack of a door that was closed — the person closing the door had no idea my daughter was standing with her hand at the hinge.
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