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Mom and the Most High

Reading Time: 4 minutesby Tahny Lou Vonan I shall weave this tale as if it unfolded yesterday, for the memories of that moment…

Proverbs and Preparation

Reading Time: 3 minutesby Nakia Keim Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies (Proverbs 31:10, NLT). Proverbs…

Proverbs 31 Prophecy

Reading Time: 2 minutesby Cindy Arora Charm can be misleading, and beauty is vain and so quickly fades, but this virtuous woman lives…

What Makes a Hero

Reading Time: 5 minutesBefore Iron Man, there was Spider Man. And before Spiderman, there was the Fantastic Four. And before the Fantastic…

What’s in a Name?

Reading Time: 2 minutesBorn the ninth child in our family, I was named Lydia. My five older sisters wanted to name me…

Women Warriors

Reading Time: 5 minutesDuring a recent conversation with my granddaughter, the subject arose regarding the androcentric essence of the Bible and the…

The Power of Godly Influence

Reading Time: 4 minutesPriscilla showed up at my front door after sundown one July evening. Her pumpkin-round face and piercing black eyes…

Listening for God

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt ten years old, our youngest complained about a group leader who talked too much. I encouraged him to…

Just What I Always Didn’t Want

Reading Time: 6 minutesAll the relatives gathered in the living room for the celebration. In the center, four-year-old Donny bounced up and…

The Apostolic Gospel

Reading Time: 9 minutesYou must have faced the challenge from time to time, I suspect, of answering weighty questions that were put…