Marilyn T. Parker's Blog

C an God speak through Siri? Well, He spoke through a donkey, so I suppose it’s possible. I used to get so frustrated with Siri until I saw a documentary about the woman who did the voice. I had assumed Siri was a computer generated speech program of some sort. After that, I felt guilty [...]

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F ebruary is romance month. All those hearts! All that sugar! Rebecca and I wanted to write something a little Valentine-ish, but February 14th came and went so fast we missed it. But it’s still February, and as I was pondering the romance angle, I came up with something a little different. I thought about [...]

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I have no idea where the phrase “kicking the bucket” came from. It’s not a very inviting image, but I’m going with it because we’ve all seen the movie, right? So here’s some advice from someone who wishes she had used her allotted time more wisely: Don’t wait until you can see the bucket coming [...]

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What Makes Joy Work in Our Lives? T oday I woke up wondering where all my joy had gone. I just felt blah, if you know what I mean. Have felt blah for a while, if truth be told (and it should be). So I asked myself, “Why do I feel so . . . [...]

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H ow do you feel when someone says just kidding? Do you believe that she didn’t really mean what she said? Were the words she spoke hurtful or offensive? Kidding can be a cover-up, and it’s usually not funny at all. As an example, a while back someone I’m close to jokingly made a negative [...]

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P retend for a moment that you’re a woman living in a war-torn country. You know—like all those women we’ve seen on TV for years—hanging on to their babies, running from madmen with assault rifles. Or, more recently, hiding in a factory or a subway to escape an army that doesn’t care that you’re a [...]

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I n a minute, I’m going to share 3 simple memorization methods that can help you memorize short or long passages of scripture, even if you have difficulty memorizing—like ME. But first a little story. When I was a teenager I had a conversation with a friend about the Bible. Actually, it was more like [...]

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T here's something about a new year that gives me new vision. It just makes me want to get busy. Right now! Today! It spurs expediency to finish that new book! Lose that extra weight! Start a little business! Work on some drawings! I wonder if that isn’t why God made the earth to revolve [...]

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T o a writer, everything is about story. The characters she or he creates live out their stories through the writer’s imagination. But our real lives are stories too. Sometimes we think that it’s all up to us. That we write our own stories, good or bad. But God is the Author of everything, and [...]

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This is my COVID story. I hope you’ll read it to the end. It’s both funny and serious. It’s about some amazing changes in my palette since COVID. Good changes. There’s a surprise (scary surprise) visitor story. One with sharp teeth and four legs. Really! Some mind-boggling news from the CDC about fear and COVID. [...]

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