Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 29
- 2 min
The Meager and the Much
You know the stories of the the poor widow widow's gift and Mary's extravagant gift. We don't usually read them together because of...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Search Me!
David asked for God to examine his heart in Psalm 139 when he asked God to search me. It made sense because God already knew what was...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Feb 22
- 2 min
For Ash Wednesday
If this journey to Easter is anything it is a journey to appreciate the difference that the breath of God makes in our lives. Without the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Don't Take New too Seriously!
Happy New Year to all of you! But is it, really that new? Most of us return to the same routines and responsibilities we left in the old...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas in the Dark
I spent a frightening time in the hospital supporting our daughter one Christmas. She developed a heart infection that was on the brink...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Long Journeys at Christmas
The Magi receive the award for the longest journey. While no one knows exactly where the Magi started, many connect their origin to...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
Waiting for Jesus
Advent reminds us that we are waiting for more than December 25. We are waiting for the world to be made right. We are waiting for an end...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Straight Through
“We’re going straight through,” my father announced as he loaded two sleepy girls and too much luggage into a car that would shrink with...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
How Can I Prepare My Heart?
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and Sunday is the beginning of Advent. It feels like they run together. but maybe they should. Gratitude...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Lessons from a Wood Walk Wonder
My husband and I greet the beginning of fall with anticipation. We know that the beginning blush and rust of the trees will deepen into...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
A Picture Album for God
Today, our phones have become our photo albums. We take pictures of our food, our friends, our family, our vacations, and all manner of...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
When Darkness Covers
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Let Heaven and Nature Sing!
Heaven cries. Nature groans. Either we can’t hear it or we ignore it. Has it always been that way? Not from the beginning. God created...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
If Gratitude Ruled the World
I’ve walked the unpaved streets in a third world country and looked at faces of people who lived in homes that had a sheet for a door. ...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Living Grateful in an Ungrateful World
Our world is not grateful. We get caught mimicking ungrateful attitudes around us. It starts with a whine and morphs into complaint. So...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
More Gratitude, Please!
Do you know what the number one killer of gratitude is? Entitlement. We build entitlement with expectations, true or false, possible or...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Remember . . .
Memorial Day is a day to remember. We have been making it a part of our lives since 1868! We remember those who paid the ultimate...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
Taking a Spiritual Shower
If confession is good for the soul, why is there so little of it? Is it because we can’t stand to see ourselves in a bad way? Do we plead...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Fasting as Heart Cleaning
Give me your hearts. Come with fasting…Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead. Joel 2:12-13, NLT The call...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Marked
Do you remember the childhood rhyme: Ring around the rosie, Pocketful of posies Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! While there is...
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