Articles by Paula Harrington

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Amazing Stories

Remember that Twilight Zone spin off show from the 1980s called Amazing Stories?  It was weird and the special effects were horrible. (I know

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#YourLifeMatters

The news of another shooting has devastated this country leaving us to ask why this keeps happening. I don’t have any concrete answers but maybe

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God’s Plan

When I was young and couldn’t fall asleep I would try to imagine that I was in God’s throne room curled up and tucked in at the bottom of his

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Let’s Get Moving

I attended an Easter egg hunt hosted by a church several years ago. It was the first time the church had opened the event to the community. As I

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One Hope

I spent a day at the City Museum in St. Louis recently and had a blast with some sweet teenagers.  One of my favorite parts of this outrageously

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Majoring in the Minors?

I was asked to write about the alcohol vote and although I declined at the time, I feel called now to address this situation. I see great

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Your Father

I was 6 years old when my dad was diagnosed with ALS and 9 when he died. And since our initial view of God is patterned after our earthly fathers,

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The Blessing Point

Sometimes God blesses us in wonderful, joyous ways. But sometimes we’re blessed at a breaking point. That is the best and worst of blessings.

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Who You Are

Who was it? You know, that person who told you that you weren’t good enough? The one who crushed your confidence, broke your spirit and maybe

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Because Of Jesus

I saw a post that said God doesn’t want us to be happy. He wants us to be holy. True but there’s so much more to the story. When we

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War

Few topics garner as much debate as war; whether one is for it or against it, believes it’s over or not, or believes progress is being made or

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Sunday is Coming

I remember the evening my mother put me in her lap and told me dad had died. I don’t remember much besides hearing those haunting words and

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I Believe

There’s a Bible club going on in the north end of the county called the iBelieve Club. Sixty or so kids meet once a week to have snacks, play

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Blessed to Preach

I heard something the other day that made me stop and take note. While listening to a preacher talk about ministers, he said, “Please pray

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The Wheelchair or the Throne

I sat in a middle school gymnasium recently and waited for the band concert to begin. My dwindling phone battery encouraged me to put it away so I

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Scandal

I had a friend tell me once that she couldn’t be a part of a church because she had made too many mistakes. Her life was a mess. She

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The Masterpiece

We did this project in Bible class recently. I showed the kids this picture and asked if they saw anything special about it. They looked closely

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Lift Your Voice

I drove to work blaring “Days of Elijah” earlier in the week and would like to take this moment to apologize to those great folks who live on

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