Knowing Your Enemy Matters By: Susan Deborah Schiller I was scared, depressed, and ready to give up. Middle of the night interrogations, gaslighting, and more made my home like a prisoner of war camp. No one saw what was happening, for it was all behind the doors of a "successful ministry" led by a popular […]
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Blazing through the Challenges From the "Memoir Mondays" and "Parables" series By: Susan Deborah Schiller Through this chapter of my memoir, I want to hand you four keys that will unlock your destiny, causing you to to blaze through any challenge. In May 2009, I was on the edge of an abyss that nearly engulfed my life. My husband […]
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Author of our Destiny By: Susan Deborah Schiller From the "Write to Freedom" Mini Memoir Series Who's writing the story of your life? Your story shapes your destiny. Are you where you need to be, to fulfill your destiny? Each of us is making choices today. As I read the news headlines I see that a father […]
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The Projection Room By: Linda South Honea In the "Write to Freedom" series, where readers become writers! Do you remember those reel-to-reel projectors in elementary school? Before You Tube, before Podcasts, before DVD’s, before VHS videos, there were reel-to-reel films. Long ago, I attended Kiest Elementary School. Once or twice a month, the students formed […]
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The Avengers are Arising By: Susan Deborah Schiller With millions of Christians around the world, who have been given all authority on earth and a commission to "go" and set things right on earth, where are the real avengers? Why is the earth still burdened with inequality, injustice, and pain? Worse, why are we so prone […]
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I See You By: Susan Deborah Schiller "Daddy, can God see me under my blanket?" I asked my father one evening as he was tucking me into bed. "I don't know, Susie-Q." replied my dad. "It's time to go to sleep." I was five years old and I remember it seemed very important, even urgent, […]
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Dream Parables: Bridal Intimacy By: Susan Deborah Schiller From the series "Dream Parables" – Previous video of the Bride Have you ever counted how many Bible studies you've attended, taught, listened to via recording, or done at home? I used to have shelves and shelves of books, and now after moving so often, I'm down […]
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Living Naked and Unashamed By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Credit Dreams are like portals through which we can see behind the scenes of our lives, and often teach us what we need to know using symbols that present the knowledge in the form of a puzzle that we have the pleasure to piece together. In […]
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Book One: PORTALS "On the Way Home" Series By: Susan Deborah Schiller "My specialty is knives." Sara recalled the man's words as he looked her directly in the eye, searching for the faintest hint of weakness. A slight twitch maybe, or perhaps a sweaty palm. She knew the game well. It always came down to […]
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Behind the Scenes at Team Family Online By: Susan Schiller Every couple of weeks I leave my laptop behind and go out on a 4-wheel adventure, a hike in the woods, or boating on the pristene and pure waters of Montana. Sometimes you just need to stretch your eyes, catch sight of a new path, […]
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Grandmother Power: Creating Happiness in Guatemala By: Susan Deborah Schiller The Power of One Grandmother on Fire can change a nation. One little life touching other little lives, one-by-one. This is a story of how one grandmother is creating her world in Guatemala, bringing happiness to widows and orphans. Felipa and Estrellita (photo above) are […]
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– Dance With Me By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily In my darkest hours, when it seemed all was lost in a deep haze of doubts, worries, and fears, all of the sudden my brain fog would clear and Light would come bursting in and what I would hear were three words, "Dance with […]
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Crying on the Inside By: Susan Schiller From the series "Diary of a Battered Preacher's Wife" It's darkest just before dawn. The prerequisite for a miracle is to be up against a wall with no way out! This is a story of one of God's miracles in my life. From my diary, dated May 22, […]
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Photo Credit Down the Rabbit Hole By Susan McKenzie, in the series: "On the Way Home" Have you ever dreamed you were late – like, very late – for a very important date? Alice, from the movie, Alice in Wonderland was fortunate to see the rabbit (no one else did!) and courageous enough to leave […]
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What's in a Baby's Name? By: Susan Schiller Photo Credit A name is so important – it's what a child is going to hear all day long for the rest of her life. It's what she will answer to, and it's who she will become. In some cultures, a baby-naming ceremony creates a deeply […]
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The Heart of Rescue This is the Reason I Write By: Susan McKenzie aka Tender Lily The room was quiet and peaceful. It was all I knew, it seemed. Clean, tidy, and not even the hint of a breeze to turn the pages of time. No flies, not even a speck of dust floating through […]
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Have I Finally Graduated? From the series, "Choosing Love Today" By: Susan McKenzie aka Tender Lily Man measures achievement in terms of degrees, certificates, doctorates, and promotions. God measures achievement in the hidden areas, behind the scenes where no one is watching. We each have a race to win. We must ask ourselves, “How am […]
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“The One” Secret Heroes, Part 3 Secret Heroes 1 Secret Heroes 2 By: White Dove It was a stuffy late spring day in sixth-grade language arts class and I was incredibly bored. I let my mind freely wander during the redundant lessons. Our chairs faced forward, prohibiting us from glancing out the windows. The vast […]
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Walking With the Wise – A Guest Post by Stephen Crosby This dream is from my dear friend, Lynn Barrows of Nampa, Idaho. I try to be very circumspect about dreams and dream interpretation. The line between a fragment of undone potato and a Spirit-given dream, can be a bit murky at times! However, this […]
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In This Fateful Hour By: Susan Deborah Schiller Prayer by: Madeleine L'Engle Painting by: Akiane Poem by: Danielle Bednarcik In this fateful hour – a time when the earth is covered with darkness – corruption in every level of society, can it be possible that our children have the keys to a brighter future? Not when […]
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