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  Can I pray for you, he asked? I didn’t really know this man even though I had sat next to him in a class I was taking. I felt uncomfortable but who was I to deny prayer? I looked up at him and there was a genuine sincerity in his eyes. I have started…

I just don’t want to be the guy that shows up in heaven and goes, Really? You are this beautiful, this wonderful, this extravagant, this extraordinary, and I spent the days of my life on earth consumed with bills, success, and social status trying to please men? Judah Smith Yesterday, our men’s group was talking…

I have been reading the Grace handbook and want to share some of it with you today. I think it will speak to you in ways you can’t even imagine…. An English minister who had an inner city outreach in England said, I minister to the lost, the least, the lonely and the last. Perhaps…

I went to Atlanta over the weekend and took a class called Divine Design through my pastor’s prompting. I won’t lie though, I didn’t really “feel” like going, consumed by my own circumstantial junk.  I sat there reading and rereading his email about helping me step into what he believes is God’s calling ( sorta…

All things flow from the heart! The Bible describes the heart as the seat of a person, from which all things flow- our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors originate from the heart. For it is within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come- sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander,…

We all have dreams! But people around us ( in our environment) often tell us to “be more realistic” When they give this advice, what they usually mean is that we should buy into the same assumptions and prejudices about the world that they  and people they know have absorbed, without sufficient reason. They want…

I am sitting in one of my favorite coffee shops called Cool Moose. The decor is retro meets Christmas Vacation this time of year. As I look around outside, I feel the pull around all the things that “need”  to be purchased in order for it to feel like Christmas. The tree, cards, wrapping paper,…

I undertook great projects. I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. I made gardens and parks. I made reservoirs to water my flourishing trees. I bought male and female slaves. I owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem. I amassed silver and gold. I acquired men and women singers and a harem.…

Since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus has done for us. And because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory. We…

No one goes through life without struggles. The question is what do we do when we fall? How do we find the strength and the spirit to get back up? I have listened and read many stories of people who have come into “success”. Success is defined as the accomplishment of aim of purpose. All…

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Shannon Stoddard

Shannon Stoddard is a mother, writer, author. She writes suspense ( psychological) fiction. She is a member of the American Writers & Artists, Inc. and is an advocate for women facing any type of oppression. Her background is marketing but she also holds a degree in psychology. Shannon will be delving into topics that speak to the heart of women. Check out her website, Settle Down Soul.

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