Award-winning author Shelley Adina wrote her first teen novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to…
Unsung Moments
My four year-old is not toilet trained yet. This makes me embarrassed, frustrated, and flummoxed—sometimes all in the same minute. I really think he might be the first kindergartener to go to school in Pull-ups. We’ve tried everything: the encouragement…
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His Commands Set Us Free
For brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love to serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: Thou shalt love…
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Do You Send Your Children to Christian School?
I am 31-years-old, and grew up watching you and Kirk on TV everyday. It is awesome that you love God–so do I! Do you and your brother send your children to a Christian School? If so, why is this so…
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Lord Send me a Linda
The theme of this month’s CWO issue is Family. In thinking and praying about this topic, I kept coming back to the fact that for me, the word family most often means—friends. I grew up in a very small family.…
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Freedom to Set Healthy Boundaries
One of my all time favorite films is Independence Day. No matter how many times I watch it, I find myself emotionally engaged in the drama, passion and pathos of the story. This film covers such a broad spectrum of…