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How to Ride the Storm: Control, Acceptance, and Surrender
“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13 I remember the day I got the diagnosis – you have cancer. I went home and sat, staring out the window, […]
Finding Strength For The Journey: The Perfect Storm
Previously written and submitted by Teri McClanahan, November 11, 2015, at http://www.teridmc.com. A perfect storm is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. I remember sitting in an interview several months ago listening to a young woman (that could have been my grand-daughter) ask me […]
Eucharisteo
This is my entry for Day three of the Poetry Class. I got behind and off track. I think I’ve even written an assignment or two ahead But I wanted to explore this topic and style. The assignment was to write a poem about a friend – God – using the acrostic form. […]
The Face of God
This is Day 2 of the Intro to Poetry Class. The subject today is: Face. God is not White, God is wise and wonderful! God is not Black, God is big and bright – bread from heaven! God is not man, God is a merciful maker! God is not woman, God is wise and wonderful! God […]
Finding Strength for the Journey: Courage
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Until 2014, living courageously was a term I applied to people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, […]
What I Know For Sure
I always marvel at the editorial piece in Oprah’s ‘O’ Magazine, “What I Know for Sure.” How can you know anything for sure except that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and we are born and at some point in time we cease to exist. The in between […]
Teri McClanahan 