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Paula's Ponderings #6: The Twins' Baptism  

 

On March 2, 2019 Tiveria and Tikvah were baptized at the Linden Community Center in Linden, TN.  Dan Mohler spoke that weekend and invited those who wanted to be baptized to come prepared that evening to do so.  Years before,…

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The Story Behind the Song #13: I Will Go  

(The above photo is of Vicki, the proud Mama, Holly, and Jason, the proud Daddy.)

This song came to me one morning shortly before our neighbor Holly Coon was to leave on her mission adventure earlier this month.…

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Paula's Ponderings #5: Smith Family Highlights from 2018

(This photo was taken at the house of some friends in east Tennessee.  This backdrop was conveniently located on the wall in their game room.)

(Note:  This is also referred to as our annual letter which we send…

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Paula's Ponderings #4: The Power of a Child's Prayers

 

The following is an article that appeared in a recent Above Rubies magazine.  I told the story to Nancy Campbell in May of 2018 at an Above Rubies Family Camp that we were attending and she asked me…

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The Story Behind the Song #11: Make Me Willing  

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Matthew 16:24 

Sometimes we sense God calling us to do things that are…

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The Story Behind the Song #10: Purify His Bride  

This past spring our family attended an Above Rubies Family Camp here in Tennessee. While there we met a couple that invited us to attend a marriage seminar that they were hosting in another part of Tennessee in June…

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Paula’s Ponderings #3:  Relational Grooving   

 

(A fun side note:  A friend that I graduated from the Air Force Academy with gave me the book “To Train Up a Child” by Michael and Debi Pearl shortly after our graduation in 1994.  I was a…

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Paula’s Ponderings #2:  The Power of Praise and Thanksgiving   

 

Recently a friend shared with me a story about a potentially “scary” situation that her family went through. Prior to the situation the Lord had given her a dream to reassure her that He would get them through…

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Paula's Ponderings #1: About the Artwork on the Homepage

     Originally we had planned to hire a young and very talented friend of ours to do the drawing for this home page.  I was disappointed to learn that he was too busy but decided that God wanted us to tackle…

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