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Giving Thanks If we look around and we can find a thousand reasons to give thanks. But, throughout the year worry and stress consume the hearts of many. It seems the holidays tend to increase the tension. I believe one reason this rise in pressure occurs is because we create expectations of what our holidays should be like, and when the realities of our human experience settle in, disappointments and questions fill our hearts and minds leaving us anxious and frustrated. “Why can’t mom just be happy we stopped by?” “Why do we have to invite Uncle Bobby? You know he’ll say something rude.” “Every yearRead More →

Honor our Fathers Today

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One of the Ten Commandments promises us long life if we obey it. Exodus 20:12 (NIV) reads, “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” I would like to honor my father and my father’s father on this Father’s Day, 2018. My father, Julius “Finny” Hughes, Sr., was born November 28, 1922. He served in the Navy on board an aircraft carrier during WWII.  He was in the naval air corp and was the gunner on a fighter plane when the armed forces took the Gilbert Islands. My father engaged inRead More →

Stand your ground

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This week, Vice President Pence was denigrated on national television as someone suffering from mental illness because he had the faith and the audacity to say the Lord speaks to Him. He dealt with it in a manner befitting, not only a national leader, but a man of God. Pence stood up to the bullying, not for himself, but for the tens of millions of Americans he represents who, like him, “cherish their faith.” I believe the Lord allowed these remarks to be made against our vice president because he is just the right man, with the right position to deal with this disparaging attackRead More →

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Join me, along with other Christian women,  for a one-day workshop, as we resurrect our dreams and our giftings. God desires for each of us to walk out what He has placed inside our hearts. He longs to use us for His glory. This workshop includes biblical teaching, training in goal-setting, private prayer and directed meditation on Scripture. We will create our own unique Christian vision board to use as a daily reminder and point-of-faith contact, of what God wants us to focus on and work out in our lives. The workshop will take place in a private, hosting home overlooking a beautiful pond in aRead More →