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Kingdom Women: Joan of Arc by Carolyn Custis James

Her death at the hands of religious leaders is a sober reminder that battles we’re fighting today—against injustice, corruption, abuse of power and misogyny—are not new...

Becoming Kindling, Guest postsJudy DouglassJune 9, 2016Carolyn Custis James, ezer, Joan of Arc, leadership- Feast Day of St-Joan of Arc, martyr, women Comments

Prodigal Prayer Day: What Do We Do Now?

...we must remember that we look through that dark glass—God is always working even if we can’t discern what He is doing.

Becoming KindlingJudy DouglassJune 6, 2016hope, prayer, prodigal, ways to pray, Worldwide Day of Prayer for ProdigalsComment

Prodigal Prayer Day 8: An Anchor for Hope

We will ask Him to lavish them with love, immerse them in mercy and embrace them with grace.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 30, 2016anchor, God, hope, prayer, prayerforprodigals, prodigal, promises Comments

How to Be a Blessing Every Day for a Month

True FollowersJudy DouglassMay 27, 201690 Days of Blessing, Be a Blessing, blessing, Global Day of Prayer, homeless, kindnessComment

Prodigal Prayer Day 7: Don't Despair

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 23, 2016children, despair, grandparenting, hope, lament, parenting, prodigal, Psalms Comments

Prodigal Prayer Day 6: 10 Reasons to Keep Hoping

These 10 assurances from God will lift you above the battlefield...

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 16, 2016battle, darkness, enemy, God, hope, keep hoping, prodigal Comment

Prodigal Prayer Day 5: His Name Is Hope

When we hope, we acknowledge that we have not seen the answer we desire yet.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 9, 2016despair, God, holding on, hope, hopeless, prayer, prodigalComment

Kingdom Women: Fannie Lou Hamer--Southern Grit by Melody Copenny

“She was given a hysterectomy while in the hospital for minor surgery, a procedure so common it was known as a “Mississippi appendectomy.”

Guest posts, Kingdom WomenJudy DouglassMay 5, 2016#BlackHistoryMonth, #WomensHistoryMonth, civil rights, facing fear, forced sterilization, freedom riders, Jim Crow laws, Negro spirituals, racial segregation, sharecropping, southern grit, voting rightsComment

Prayer for Prodigals 4: Hope in Hard Places

The promises from God that Jeremiah delivers resonate through all of Scripture with the love, mercy and grace of our Father to all of His children.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 3, 2016God, good, hard places, hope, Jeremiah, prodigal, Worldwide Day of Prayer for ProdigalsComment

True Followers of Jesus: Living on the Love Trail

And maybe, like me, you will be moved to want to live on the Love Trail

True FollowersJudy DouglassApril 30, 2016Appalachian Trail, love, love God, love others, true follower Comments

Prodigal Prayer Day 3: Fear and Hope

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 25, 2016afraid, do not be afraid, fear, fear not, God, Jesus, prodigalComment

Prodigal Prayer Day 2: Waiting with Hope

I can believe that I will see God’s goodness in the land of the living as well as in heaven.

Becoming KindlingJudy DouglassApril 18, 2016hope, prayer, prodigal, waitingComment

2016 Worldwide Prodigal Prayer Day: Hope

Our hope must be placed in something solid, dependable, unshakeable. Our loved prodigals will never qualify for that.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 11, 2016discouragement, fear, fragile hope, God, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, prayer, Worldwide Day of Prayer for Prodigals Comments

A Surprising Glimpse of the Glory of God by Bobby Hegedish

The bend in the road abruptly ended after our prayer did, and as we both looked up I saw a big blue sign about 100 yards away.

Becoming Kindling, Guest postsJudy DouglassApril 7, 2016California- PCH, father-son relationship, glory of God, God, Pacific Coast Highway, prayer Comments

What to Wear as a Child of God: Kindness

For every child of God, kindness should be part of our daily wardrobe.

What to Wear as a Chil...Judy DouglassApril 4, 2016God, harmony, Jesus Christ, kind, kindness, peace, random acts of kindness, safety Comments