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So far Emma Payne has created 19 blog entries.

Choosing Your Vocation

As young adults, most of us spent a lot of time contemplating what we wanted to do with the rest of our lives and which career path would help facilitate those plans. Some of us went straight into the work force in a career that we had always planned to »

Mary as Mother

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And His mother treasured up all these things in her heart. -Luke 2:51 Mary had much more to ponder than most mothers. After all, she was the only virgin out of all mothers to conceive »

A Focused Christmas

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Christmas? Stressful shopping trips to Target where you wait in line for 45 minutes with all the other parents who are similarly trying to check out with their kids’ toys? Staying up until the early hours of Christmas »

Sanctity of Human Life

It feels bizarre that we have a day to remember the unborn babies lost to abortion. What I mean is that it is so counterintuitive because mothers shouldn’t kill their children. That is a basic rule of nature. God created us to grow, birth, and nurture our children; it’s the »

In the Eye of the Storm

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last month, Hurricane Irma came crashing in with some of the strongest winds ever seen in an Atlantic hurricane, and maintaining category 5 intensity longer than any storm previous. It generated more power than the 8 named storms of the Atlantic hurricane season (Arlene-Harvey) that came before (including Hurricane Harvey), »

A Priceless Gift

Every holiday and special occasion, I struggle to find the perfect gifts for my loved ones. I am not a naturally good gift giver, but I very much want to be, and the tension between those two realities can be stressful. I go back and forth debating whether or not »

Overcoming the Impossible

Everyone likes to pull for the underdog. From sports to romantic comedies to real life, something in our nature wants the weaker opponent to win. Perhaps we do so because, at some point or another, we’ve all been in situations where failure seemed guaranteed. One year, my high-school basketball team »

Not My Kid

Unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent years, you’re probably aware of the rampant prevalence of drugs and alcohol in our culture. Whether you realize it or not, many of your friends, family, and acquaintances struggle with substance abuse and addiction, and the celebration of the casual use »

Finish the Race

Last week, 413 of you came out to support the Paul Anderson Youth Home at our Second Annual Chick-fil-A Road Race, and I have to say, I was so impressed! First of all, it started at 8:00 on a Saturday morning (the one day of the week you can sleep »

Hard Work

Work has been a part of God’s design for mankind since the very beginning. Even before the fall, Adam’s job was to take care of the earth and the animals, and Eve’s job was to help Adam. Sometimes we might think our “perfect world would consist of relaxing in a »

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