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Another of my posts recently made it onto another Christian devotional website. You can start reading and link to this post below! The best running advice I ever received was given to me before I became a runner. For years, I secretly dreamed of being a runner. I wanted to be one of those people…
Inspire a Fire
Exciting news! I was recently invited to become a monthly contributor to a popular Christian devotion website, Inspire a Fire. My first post was launched yesterday. Check it out at www.inspireafire.com/training. (And consider leaving a comment there to let the organizers know they did a good thing inviting me!) I am so thankful for this…
Today’s Question
“If Jesus had come to earth with the mission not of going to the cross, but to do your job, how would He do it?” It was a question posed at a recent luncheon I attended, and the ensuing conversation was thought provoking. What would Jesus do a little differently? A little better? Sometimes we forget that…
Easy
Wouldn’t it be great if it were easy? That’s what it said on the back of the cereal box. It said some other things too, but my eyes stopped right there. Wouldn’t it be great? Wouldn’t it be great if it were easy? I used my pocket knife to cut around the words, and then,…
Wild Trek
For many years now I have had this mental image from a favorite childhood book. I would think of it at odd times while lying in my dorm room, or in my first apartment, or in all the apartments that came after. It was an adventure novel of two men, braving the wilderness and struggling…
Some Doubted
I was reading the other day from Matthew 28, after Jesus’ resurrection: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw Him, they worshipped Him; but some doubted (Matthew 28:16-17). Some doubted. I love how bluntly that is stated. One might think that having…
The Girl on the Other Side of the Bathroom
That’s how we knew each other, my suitemates and I. Last week was my second trip to my favorite writer’s conference. (Okay, so it’s the only writer’s conference I’ve ever attended, but still.) We stayed in a residence hall with shared bathrooms between each pair of rooms; I wouldn’t trade those accommodations for anything. Walking through…
Shed Happens
That’s what the sweatshirt said: Shed Happens. It was an appropriate statement, as anyone who has ever worn black pants near my khaki-colored dog can attest. I was thinking of that sweatshirt the other night as my dog and I turned for home, leaving what could have been the remnants of a small furry animal…
Doubting Thomas Sunday
The Sunday after Easter is Doubting Thomas Sunday. It’s true across multiple denominations, and it’s true whether you are on a one year lectionary or a three year lectionary. You may have heard Thomas’ story so many times you think you’ve heard it all. Come with me anyway. On the evening of that day, the…
There Are No Losers Here
I have a tragic flaw. Okay, so I have more than one, but this is the one I’m going to tell you about today. I love sports, but sports do not love me. (Sigh.) I’ve tried softball, but I tend to duck and cover when the ball comes my way. I’ve tried flag football, but…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.