Author Archives: Barbara

Choose to Have Friends

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Evonne and I have been friends since the second grade and believe me, that’s a long time. Even as kids, we had an uncanny ability to know what the other one was … Continue reading

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Choose Not to Be Blind

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Years ago an article in Discover Magazine entitled Sight Unseen caught my eye. It recounted the true story of Mike May, a man who lost his sight at the age of 3 … Continue reading

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Choose to Praise God

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Praising God is so much more than just singing songs each week in church services, although that can be a part of it. It’s realizing how BIG God is and how little … Continue reading

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Choose to Embrace the Day

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren One of my favorite scriptures is Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” That means every day is a brand … Continue reading

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Choose to Be on God’s Side

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   Abraham Lincoln was president during one of the  most trying times in our nation – the Civil War. According to several books written about Lincoln, when a man approached him and … Continue reading

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Choose to Love God Regardless

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   In Romans we are asked a rhetorical question, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” … Continue reading

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Choose to “Eat” Your Bible

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Menelik II was an intelligent, dynamic African ruler who lived from 1844 to 1913. He established the nation of Ethiopia and is remembered for preserving the freedom of his people by defeating … Continue reading

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Choose to Be a Good Christian, Not a Bad One

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren One of my favorite movies is The Wizard of Oz. I love it! Dorothy spins over that rainbow and lands on top of a wicked witch. Then the lovely Glinda floats down … Continue reading

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Choose Not to Idolize People

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Moses was a meek man. God chose him to lead Israel out of Egypt. He parted the Red Sea. God gave him the Ten Commandments. Those in the campground who occasionally caught … Continue reading

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Choose to Be a Christian, Not a Religionist

Yet Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren   Are you religious? People make a huge error thinking that Christianity is a religion. It’s not so much a religion as it is a lifestyle. Religion is what you believe, but … Continue reading

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