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What Else Can You Teach Us?
I remember my Bible study class ending with that same question, “What else can you teach us?” It stayed with me for months and inspired me to organize women’s Bible workshops. Have you ever wondered what else you can learn from the Bible? These workshops are a unique opportunity to explore the Bible with a… Continue reading
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Hang With Me!
The five-day devotional series Passing on the Encouragement I’ve Been Given has concluded, but please continue to follow along. Hang with me! As a matter of update, the five-day devotional was popular. Thank you for your feedback, and I will keep you posted on plans. Post-surgery is not a time to make crucial decisions. And I still… Continue reading
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Easing into Familiar
I am not physically where I need to be and have still not had my follow-up appointment. Despite where I am with this aging body, I have started to make plans for February. My calendar is beginning to resemble one day a week of normalcy. I’m sliding into familiar. After undergoing surgery, I decided not… Continue reading
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January Ministry Update
Here’s a ministry update for you. Today, I share news about my blog site, discipleship, Bible study, and the spring workshop. A New Look at debbieswindell.com First, let me share that I’ve done work on my blog site. Please look around and utilize the links. Let me know if something needs to be fixed. While… Continue reading
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A Familiar Line
For six years it became a familiar line in the first evening of each semester, “If you are looking for a Bible study you are in the wrong class. However, this class will help you with your Bible study.” First, it was at the prompting of my pastor that I began teaching theology and then… Continue reading
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Change Is In The Air
The view I enjoy from my desk this morning is sun-covered treetops and mountains across the way. Fall-like temperatures and the sound of birds from the other side of the screen door are added blessings. I’m an early riser, typically up long before the sun. My most productive time of day follows the aroma of… Continue reading
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Improving Bible Literacy
I am writing to share about the upcoming workshop I am preparing for. It is going to be a fantastic day for the ladies attending. I am thrilled with how everything is coming together and excited to see it all in action on August 5th. Registration is underway and will end on the 22nd; the… Continue reading
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Different but Same
It’s been nine weeks since that painful day that landed me in the e.r. and I will report to you today that I have lasting effects from the shingles event that was diagnosed three days later. I will spare you the details of what is still with me, but the curious thing is that the… Continue reading
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Fruit of Our Labors
When I hurt, I prayed. When I wept, I went to the Word. When I lamented, it moved me to worship. I continued asking the Lord what he had for me each and every day. In his graciousness, the Lord and his church consistently had work for me that positioned me for gratitude – Opportunity… Continue reading
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Careful Study
It is important to study and learn because God has revealed Himself to his people in general revelation (creation) and special revelation (the Bible). He gave us a book, one that is not meant to sit on a shelf, but to be read, searched, studied, and understood. But most important, it is to be lived… Continue reading