Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 7, 20234 min read
Your Personal Letter from God
When I get a text or email from someone I love, I click through immediately. I want the connection. I want the update. As I read the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Prayer Rhythms and How They Help
Prayer should be the spiritual rhythm that structures our days. We accomplish what God wants us to do in between prayer or during it. A...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Discovering Spiritual Rhythms
Spiritual rhythms help us grow spiritually. If I have a rhythm in place as a seamless part of my life, it helps me become more receptive...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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, 20222 min read
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 1, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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
Oct 15, 20222 min read
Live Thirsty
We are spoiled with easy water access. It's hard to register thirst unless we are exerting our bodies with exercise or find ourselves...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Oct 5, 20222 min read
The Bite that Changed the World
As the first woman, Eve shouldered responsibility she didn’t sign up for. Her one choice changed the wonderful new world she lived in. ...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 29, 20224 min read
A Reason Not to Weed
Matthew 13:24-30, Weeds have a love-hate relationship with earth. They protect uncared for ground from erosion, but they are disastrous...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Aug 17, 20224 min read
As the Yeast Rises . . .
Matthew 13:33 Yeast is a miracle worker. It adds life to a mixture of simple ingredients to create a reaction. It’s a tsunami in a bowl!...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jul 20, 20224 min read
Mending Lessons from Jesus
No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment and the patch from the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Jun 8, 20224 min read
Are We Five Talent Investors?
Matthew 25:14-30 tells the parable of the talents. We know it without looking it up. There are three servants, three gifts, one failure....
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 22, 20222 min read
When Jesus Turned the Tables
No one was prepared for what Jesus did when he walked into the Temple and turned over the business tables. What was it that disturbed him...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Mar 2, 20223 min read
A Burning in the Heart
Fire is merciless. When fire burns paper, wood, refuse; nothing is left but ashes. A gray, powder or fragile flake is all we see from...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
Nov 24, 20212 min read
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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