As a blizzard bore down on my state in the western USA my widowed mother agreed to stay with my family to ldquo ride out rdquo the storm After the blizzard however she never returned to her house She moved in dwelling with us for the rest of her life Her presence changed our household in many positive ways She was available daily to provide wisdom advice to family members and share ancestral stories She and my husband became the best of friends sharing a similar sense of humor and love of sports No longer a visitor she was a [... more]

The garage of my childhood home holds many memories On Saturday mornings my dad would roll our car down the driveway so we had room to work mdash with my favorite project being a broken go-kart we rsquo d found On that garage floor we gave it new wheels attached a sporty plastic windshield and mdash with Dad on the street looking out for traffic mdash I would race down the driveway with such excitement Looking back I see more was going on in that garage than simply fixing go-karts Instead a young boy was being shaped by his dad [... more]

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Sometimes the words of children can jolt us into a deeper understanding of God rsquo s truth When my daughter was young I was telling her about one of the great mysteries of the Christian faith mdash that God through His Son and Spirit dwells in His children As I tucked her into bed I said that Jesus was with her and in her ldquo He rsquo s in my tummy rdquo she asked ldquo Well you haven rsquo t swallowed Him rdquo I replied ldquo But He rsquo s right there with you rdquo My daughter rsquo s literal [... more]

Earlier this year there were many of us asking this very question Has Christmas been cancelled With the COVID- pandemic we all knew Christmas if not cancelled would look very different this year In this episode Eddie shares with us that no matter what happens you can't cancel Christmas It's more than presents more than family get togethers more than a Church service Christmas is Jesus [... more]

ldquo That rsquo s all it takes rdquo Megan said She had clipped a stem from her geranium plant dipped the cut end into honey and stuck it into a pot filled with compost Megan was teaching me how to propagate geraniums how to turn one healthy plant into many plants so she would have flowers to share with others The honey she said was to help the young plant establish roots Watching her work I wondered what kinds of things help us establish spiritual roots What helps us mature into strong flourishing people of faith What keeps us from [... more]

The Daily Encouraging Word with Dr Don Wilton [... more]