Category: Family
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The Joy of Coming Home – 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18
Do the emotional videos of soldiers returning from their deployments and greeting their children tug at your heart like they do mine? I’m a glutton for happy endings. The little girl screams, “Daddy!” and in seconds she is launching into his arms. I have watched dozens of stories like this, wiping tears from my face…
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When More than a Football Game Brings us Together – Isaiah 60:4
I pulled the Blockhead box off the shelf when the kids were getting antsy. I understood their restlessness. Football doesn’t hold my interest very long either, although I do cherish the times when four generations of my family come together for Duck games. Spreading the pieces on the floor where we wouldn’t interfere with the…
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How One Woman Left Her Mark – Job 23:12
Have you thought about your influence continuing even after you’ve passed away? My grandmother’s legacy lives, her existence leaving a lasting impression that still speaks to me today. Grandma Kocher left her mark in many ways. Her first husband, my grandfather Chester Sheldon, taught school in Prosser, Washington in the late 1920s. One of our…
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A Snapshot of Gratefulness – Philippians 4:6-7
I played outside with my family this week. My husband, sons, and grandson shot basketballs in a game of PIG while two other grandchildren sped by on their bikes, launching themselves off the ramp. The youngest sat in the grass. A couple of times I stopped the ball from escaping, kicking it back into the…
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Being Happy with Less than Perfect – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
As my family grows it gets harder for us to show up and sit still for a family portrait all at the same time. We’re not good at staying on task, with the different ages and energy levels at play. And our colorful personalities are hard to corral to get everyone focused on the camera…
