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    Ending the Year In the Arms of my Shepherd

    This year as I read through the Christmas story I find myself most resonating with the Shepherds. Like them, I am wrangling disobedient, stubborn, anxious, and sassy sheep (well… can sheep be sassy?). Like them I’m up at weird hours,…

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    New Year Resolutions

    We’ve made it to week two of 2022! As I think back over previous years, I am struck by God’s mercy toward me in those early January days. There were years when we didn’t know we’d hear crushing words from…