Author: Dawn Van Beck

Ponderings

How to Find a Worthy Word

This past year felt like being awake during surgery. Ha! That was a recent meme I spotted, referring to 2024. I laughed out loud at first, but then my thoughts turned somber. Such a notion wasn’t too far from the truth. I thought it was just me, but grew to discover that tons of people

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Devotions

If You Need To Sit This One Out

“I can’t do Christmas!” Anxiety filled my voice and my lower lip protruded while I whined to my husband. Jeff scrunched his face, his eyes narrowing. “What do you mean, you can’t do Christmas?” Yeah, as soon as those words rolled out of my mouth, they sounded ridiculous to me too.

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Devotions

You Are Not Alone

Have you ever sat by yourself somewhere and thought, “No one around me has any idea what I’m going through?” Even if you were able to explain or describe all that was occurring, or what you were feeling, or how you were coping (or not coping), others just wouldn’t get it. Not really. You are

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Devotions

Do Your Thoughts Rule You?

  “We demolish arguments and every pretention that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”   — 2 Corinthians 10:5       I hear voices in my head. I hear them often. News flash—we ALL do! Our minds are filled with voices–thoughts—constantly competing for attention.

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Devotions

When the Party Ends

  Is this you? When being asked about resolutions for the new year, one person responded with: “I don’t call them New Year resolutions . . . I prefer ‘casual promises to myself I’m under no obligation to fulfill’.”

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Devotions

Keeping Calm Amid the Chaos

Tis the season. Nativity scenes, light displays, joyous music, festive events. Christmas! Tis also the season of tangled strands of lights, time-consuming decorating, endless baking, tedious shopping, frantic gift wrapping, and attempts to squeeze gatherings onto limited blocks of space on the calendar. How can we keep calm amid all this chaos? In the middle

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Devotions

Why We’re Better Together

IT’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON! Technically, the season’s almost over, but football games have been abounding in my living room for the past few months. You’d hardly even know there were any other programs on television. (In my defense, I married into college football fandom.) Since this is my husband’s favorite time of year, I’ve adopted

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Devotions

Spooky Secrets About Our Insecurities

Is it your reflection in the mirror? A personality trait? A physical feature? A hidden flaw you desperately keep from being exposed? What is your insecurity? There are a few spooky secrets about our insecurities. First, they are common. Many of us struggle with feelings of inadequacy. We feel ill-qualified to accomplish certain tasks. We

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