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  • Youth Group? You’ve Got to be Kidding

    by Charleen Burghardt I will never forget a warm evening with the moon barely visible in the sky when we walked into an 1893 wooden dance hall. A…

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  • Discovering God

    Discovering God

    By Charleen Burghardt Can we find God amid our suffering? This is a question most of us ask or at least entertain. A devotion I read addressed this…

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  • God Delights in You

    By Charleen Burghardt Do you jot down notes to help you remember? I write reminders on little yellow sticky notes all over the house because I forget important…

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  • Conviction or Condemnation

    Conviction or Condemnation

    By Charleen Burghardt Do you ever wake up with a gnawing in your stomach, feeling unworthy? Do you ever have a nebulous sense of disapproval that lingers? Did…

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  • Mental Illness-One in Five

    by Charleen Burghardt “Mom, they are going to come to get me,” he said. “Who is coming to get you?”  “The people on the computer.” “Do they know…

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  • Myth and Truth about Trust

    Myth and Truth about Trust

    by Charleen Burghardt We often think that if we could trust God more, we would not worry. So, we are hard on ourselves for not having more faith.…

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