Saving Scotland

While doing research for Emma’s Quest on St. Andrews and Dundee, Scotland, I stumbled upon the history of the Recording Scotland Collection. Since my father was an artist from Dundee, I loved learning about the heroic efforts of British artists during World War II to...

Trouble Aboard

“When a gentle southerly breeze came up, they weighed anchor, thinking it would be smooth sailing. But they were no sooner out to sea than a gale-force wind, the infamous nor’ easter, struck. They lost all control of the ship. It was a cork in the storm.” —Acts...

The House God Builds

I read a story of a carpenter who told his boss he was ready to retire and spend time with his wife and family. His boss was saddened because this man had been a good, reliable employee for many years. He asked the carpenter if he would do him a favor and build one...

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

A few weeks ago, a female cardinal began attacking her reflection in the glass of one of our porch doors. She would come several times daily, sit on our table umbrella, and throw herself repeatedly against the window. Next, she’d hop onto the door handle and peck the...

The Good Part

“Clocks were created to make us the stewards of our time but sometimes end up making us nervous.” –Calvin Miller An Irish proverb asserts, “When God made time, he made plenty of it.” Still, the incessant ticking of the clock as I write my first 2023 Hub devotion...

Simply as I see it

Love Note #1

Love Note #1

“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” —John 12:46, NIV

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Katy Kauffman

Katy Kauffman

Born near Nashville, TennesseeLives near Atlanta, Georgia Writing Genre: Bible Study Katy has loved action movies since her childhood. She remembers using a wrapping paper roll as a lightsaber, mimicking Luke Skywalker and making up her own Star Wars adventures. Her...

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Macro Moment #7

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our...

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Dreamin’ About Tomorrow

Dreamin’ About Tomorrow

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11, NIV “The stuff that dreams are made of” was a line spoken by Humphrey Bogart in the 1941 movie, The Maltese...

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Let Go!

Let Go!

Letting go isn’t easy, but holding on is harder. Refusing to relinquish the past, good or bad, makes it impossible to move forward and enter into the life God has destined for us. Even Christ let go. If he hadn’t, imagine where we’d be. Jesus gave up his throne in...

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DiAnn Mills

DiAnn Mills

Born: Bucyrus, OhioLives: Houston, Texas   Writing Genre: Romantic Suspense In her youth, DiAnn read everything she could get her hands on, with a huge focus on Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, Donna Parker, Cherry Ames, and more. She’s still an...

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Macro Moment #6

"The wilderness is where we are forced to leave behind the familiar, the comfortable, the past successes, the accomplishments, and the old bag of tricks that always worked before. The wilderness is where God takes us when He wants to get Egypt out of our hearts....

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On the Way

On the Way

During a trip to Cincinnati, a twenty-something lady sat beside me on the plane. After a brief response to my greeting, she connected her earphones to her mobile device and put them in her ears. Shortly after takeoff, she added dark glasses to her travel attire and...

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Deeper Still

Deeper Still

"Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life." —Psalm 42:7-8, NIV  You are welcome to...

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Charlotte Brontë

Born: April 21, 1816 in Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Died: March 31, 1855 in Haworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels became classics of...

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Macro Moment #5

“To break away from the earth the astronaut must suffer bodily because all of the earth’s force will be concentrated upon his body. By the same token, the more you desire to be separated from this world the more you will experience the power and the force of this...

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I See the Moon

I See the Moon

"Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'" Matthew 19:26  “I see the moon, and the moon sees me. God bless the moon, and God bless me.” The moon fills me with awe and wonder. I’ve looked upon it, walked by the...

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