The bell tower of the 19th-century church in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, rose majestically against the light blue sky, like a postcard ready to

I preached a great sermon once. Afterward, a visitor approached me and asked, “May I ask you a question? Did you get that sermon off

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Honor your partner, bow to begin. My husband was a square dancer back in the day. I’ve heard it was one of the ways a

My Sunday school class spent several weeks studying Exodus. From the first story of Moses in the -bulrushes, I was swept into the drama of

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When I was a child, one of my favorite word games involved sliding a card into a sleeve that had a red cellophane window. At

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