We stand at the beginning of a brand new year, or a new season, or a new month, or a new day, and time stretches before us, waiting to be filled. And we have a pile of blocks beside us, ready to build something beautiful with the time we’ve been given. Some of the blocks […]
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Out of Place – EJ’s Story Isaiah 9:2 (NIV) – “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” The velvet African sky was peppered with more stars than I could have ever imagined. The darkness was almost palpable, and […]
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Over sixteen years ago, one of my husband’s buddies gave us a wedding gift. It was a cream colored quilted blanket with a fringe, the kind you drape over your couch and grab to keep your toes warm on a winter night. I was impressed by the gift, but he laughed and said his mom […]
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Sarah K. Butterfield 