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Before the ‘Red Wave’.
Does anybody else feel like the future of our country, democracy, and even mankind, even life as we know it, is hanging in the balance? Going to be honest: I grew a bit while preparing …
Encouragement
posts relating to our emotions, motivation, and self-worth
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Jingle bells
“Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!” For many of us, the words of that song bring back memories of eggnog, and presents on Christmas morning with family. Unfortunately, that …
Christians Under the Radar
A new pet can be exciting at first. When we first got our puppy, the kids fought over who got to feed her. When we took her for walks, everybody wanted a turn holding the …
A foreboding task
Every one of us has been upset at someone, so I know you’ll identify. Once, I was so angry with someone, I remember as we were driving out of town, and I was thinking, “I …
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Doll Clothes
My daughter learned to make doll clothes when her grandmother came to visit us in Ukraine. They sat outside and sewed for hours together. She remembers once having a picnic outside with a fruit salad …
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Twenty Years on High
I have a bad habit of cooking everything on high. So, for Twenty years, my husband has appointed himself the family stovetop guardian. He suffered burnt meals often enough to train himself to just turn …
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Never the Same
Ivan is a freelance Sports writer from Mariupol. He became a Christian in 2001 when he was fifteen years old. He and his family are putting their lives back together day by day. This is …
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Divine Detour
The world was a promising prospect to be conquered, and then a herniated disc changed everything. Zhenya was a driven young man, and, coupled with his competitive spirit, he set his sights high. He had …
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Out of Kherson, I Have Called My People
She’s about four feet nine inches tall but she is every inch pure determination. I would like to introduce you to an old friend. Natasha visited our congregation in Nikopol Ukraine about 2013. She worked …
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Christ is Risen!
This week is the traditional Orthodox Easter 2022. In Ukraine, the Julian Calendar is observed. This puts Easter a week later than the Gregorian Calendar. The traditional way of greeting someone on Easter is to …