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May 11, 2020

Spotlight Versus Shadows

Beth Ann Chiles/ Devotional/ 14 Comments/ 39

A repost from five years ago that I needed to be reminded of. Proverbs 25:6-7 (NKJV, The Message)Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,And do not stand in the place of the great;For it is better that he say to you,“Come up Continue reading →

March 30, 2018

Good Friday Message

Beth Ann Chiles/ Devotional/ 9 Comments/ 57

A message for Good Friday… 32-34 Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus’ cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call “Skull Hill,” they offered him a mild painkiller (a mixture of wine and myrrh), but Continue reading →

October 27, 2017

The Sand Burrs in Life

Beth Ann Chiles/ Devotional/ 13 Comments/ 116

Sand burrs are the worst. If you have ever encountered a sand burr at the beach you can most certainly identify with me. This week as I enjoyed some of the most wonderful days of October at my happy place known as “any beach I Continue reading →

January 5, 2011

Trying to Make Sense of it All….

Beth Ann Chiles/ Spiritual, Thoughts/ 6 Comments/ 1599

“All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

by Guy Kawasaki

As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...

Old Girls in Low Cotton

by Helen Childress

This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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