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Grab the Baton and Run

I ran track in school, and I always felt like it was both an individual and team sport. When I stepped up to the start line, I felt the pressure—it was up to me.
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Forgive Them Anyway

Forgiveness is hard. It really is. This is because it goes against human nature. Human nature or instinct typically suggests that if someone hits us, we should hit back, harder. 
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We are God’s Children

A few years ago, one of my kids, deeply hurt by something another teen did, told me angrily, “Forget about giving grace, Mom
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Light of Christ

What did Jesus mean when he told his disciples, “let your light shine before others?” Many winters ago, after four or five inches of snow (before snow blowers were common)
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Insignificant Made Significant

Who are the people in your life that you have deemed as significant? What about those that you have deemed insignificant? 
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Unity Not Uniformity

There’s something people don’t prepare you for when you get married–not only are you marrying a person, but you’re marrying into a family.
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Empty Words

Jesus comforts and, at the same time, warns us in Matthew 12:37, "For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." 
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Flaming Arrows

I didn’t become familiar with spiritual warfare until I was in high school when an unexplainable event happened.
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The Value of a Person

At Willow, we talk a lot about loving our neighbors as ourselves. Doing so requires us to internalize that we all want and need similar things.