Tag: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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I’m Not the Grandma I Thought I Would Be – Philippians 4:12-13
This isn’t how I thought grandparenting would be. My grandmothers and my mom did it so well. My own grand-mothering started out to be much like theirs, but chronic pain soon changed my course. For a few years I was able to help care for my grandchildren as I thought grandmas should. I carried them,…
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Traveling with a Sock Full of Seeds / Excess Baggage – Hebrews 7:25
If you want to be pulled aside by security in an airport, put a sock filled with flax seeds in your luggage. I didn’t expect such a thing to be so interesting to TSA, but it was, raising eyebrows both times it passed under their scanners. Why the sock? Well, my therapist told me using…
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When There’s Fear in the Shadows – Psalm 23:3-4
Sometimes being in the dark is fun. When I’m playing with my grandchildren I allow my imagination to run a little wild. I jump behind a tree or freeze in the shadows so they won’t easily find me. Other times the shadows make me afraid. I’m in a place now where I don’t know the…
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The Best Reason to Rejoice – Luke 10:17-20
It’s satisfying to reach a goal, like when I showed sample pages of my manuscript to my dream editor – and he asked to see more. Or when my publisher offered me a devotional contract. It was also rewarding to pose with dozens of other finalists for the Oregon Christian Writers Cascade award, though I…
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A New Way to Enjoy the Bible – Psalm 150
I love studying the Bible. This year I found a new way to help others with their Bible reading. It’s called the Bible Gateway Blogger Grid. The Grid, hashtag #bgbg2, contains a list of bloggers whose posts include references to the Bible and are linked to BibleGateway.com, the most visited Christian website in the world (with over…
