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[KD Holmberg] Scattered

Jul 28, 2020DeniseHAuthor Posts, Devotional, Encouragement, KD Holmbergcovid, scattered, shepherd, social media

My daughters are young mothers with five little girls between them. Recently, both of them deleted their Facebook accounts. They decided to “social distance” from “social media” and detach from the divisive diversions of mass culture. My youngest daughter described social media as making her feel scattered. That resonated with me. My life, like yours,…

[KD Holmberg] When God Is in Pursuit

Jun 28, 2020DeniseH1 CommentAuthor Posts, KD Holmberg, Personal Stories, The Stories We LiveC S Lewis, ninety-nine sheep, The Inklings

I’ve been a devotee of C.S. Lewis since I was a child. I loved the worlds he created and even imagined slipping through the wardrobe to Narnia. Recently, I read a book about Lewis and The Inklings, the assembly of writers he gathered with in Oxford, England. Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer takes you deep into…

[KD Holmberg] The God Who Sees

May 28, 2020DeniseH4 CommentsAuthor Posts, Devotional, KD Holmberg, Story Behind the Storygenesis, God with Us, Hagar, Seen by God

Last month I wrote about Hagar, the headstrong handmaid of Sarai, in The Present Moment. She conceived a child with Abram and quickly despised her mistress (Genesis 16:4b NKJV). Sarai retaliated by attacking Hagar with unrelenting cruelty. Hagar ran away when life became difficult and sought refuge on a desert road of tawny sand and…

[KD Holmberg] The Present Moment

Apr 28, 2020DeniseH10 CommentsAuthor Posts, Devotional, KD HolmbergBe Still, God with Us, Hagar, Present with God

Over four thousand years ago, a young woman named Hagar lay pregnant, alone and dying in the desert. Imagine the terror and heartbreak of being with child and knowing the life inside would never take its first breath. So what happened in the darkest moment of Hagar’s life? God saw her. Now the Angel of the Lord found…