Daly Schmidt
Come, Let Us Reason Together: Hope Deferred
One of my worst fears in life is throwing up. I know, after 3 pregnancies, you’d think I would get over it. But, nope! It still...
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Daly Schmidt
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Bracing for Change
If what happens within our gatherings does not change how we engage in the world, then our gatherings do not matter. Ordinary people,...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jul 12, 2021
- 5 min
For the crushed in spirit...
“A cheerful heart does good like a medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 First things first, I’m a realist:...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
"Here I Am" ~ Samuel
So much of this life is dependent upon our planning and preparedness. I often tell my son, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets...
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Melissa Jackson
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
But the greatest of these is love.
As little girls we are romanticized into believing that whimsical love will truly conquer all. More strolls in the park and candlelight...
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Daly Schmidt
- May 17, 2021
- 6 min
Love Trusts Enough to Keep the Light On
We all have trust issues, because trusting is a full-contact sport. There is no such thing as half-trust. Trust either is, or it isn’t....
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Daly Schmidt
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
"What is truth?" ~Pontius Pilate
Pilate is not the only human to ask this question. Literally, since the Beginning, mankind has been searching for the answer. Otherwise,...
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Melissa Jackson
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
No Greater Love.
Love does not delight in evil. Well this is an easy one. I don’t think many of us would raise our hand if someone were to say, “Who here...
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Daly Schmidt
- May 3, 2021
- 8 min
Love...Does Not Do Good Math
I think this is a hard concept to understand and talk about. Where exactly is the line that separates common sense and keeping a record...
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Melissa Jackson
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Kindness like confetti - or maybe that is missing the mark
Have you seen those confetti cannons? Our church in North Carolina would use them after a child was baptized to celebrate. It was such...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Willing to Wait
“And Patience was willing to wait.” (Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan) The Creation story is filled to the brim with wonder. All...
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Daly Schmidt
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Stepping In - First and Well
By far, one of the most powerful realizations that I have had in my lifetime, is the idea that the relationships we have are separate...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Spit out the sour, but hold tight to the berry
Have you ever bit into something expecting one taste and receiving the opposite? It is usually a jolt to the system as our brain...
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Daly Schmidt
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Shallow, the Wannabe's, and the Must be's"
Musing over this month’s topic has kept my mind thoroughly entertained – nay, pre-occupied – with one line from Romans 12:9: “Love must...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
True friendship trumps self-counsel...every time.
The swirling thoughts don’t end and my face often feels hot as I try and navigate through them. Whether it is a word spoken harshly, a...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Sweet (Without Even Wincing)
“Sweetness” has become a relative term, applied to the things that naturally cause us to feel a sense of happiness. Like a child who can...
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