A Story in the Stones
Published Aug 20, 2024
By Tammy Borden The neighbors must have wondered why a stranger in her Sunday best was picking through the rubble where a barn once stood. Weeds and tree saplings had grown where stanchions once held holsteins, and granite field stones were scattered where they had broken free from the mortar and tumbled from the collapsing […]
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A House Without an Open Door
Published Aug 13, 2024
By Tammy Borden This house…. This house is in the small village of Ampleben, Niedersachsen, Germany. It’s where my mom (Waltraud) lived as a teenager during World War II. Held inside its walls were some of her most heartbreaking secrets and sorrows. Nearly a decade ago, my mom and I walked the cobblestone street in […]
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Wearing My Yellow Boots
Published Jul 16, 2024
Today I choose life. Have you ever had a phrase – words of encouragement from a friend, words from a book, or words that God places on your heart – and you just know that you need to pay attention to them? You can almost feel the message behind the words? That’s how those words felt this […]
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Choosing a Sacrifice of Thanks
Published Jul 9, 2024
You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be Your name I’ve sung the lyrics to Blessed Be Your Name so many times since it hit the worship song scene…released back in 2002, friends! Time flies when you’re worshipping the Lord. I think […]
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Summer Storms
Published Jul 2, 2024
Hey, hi! Life has been filled with summer sunshine, lots of laughter, and friendship connections. And, it’s also had its share of “bad weather” for people I care about. This week my heart is thinking a lot about friends who are in the middle of some tough summer storms. The kind of storms that don’t […]
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