Considering the current chaotic political environment, how do Christians decide who tovote for? It’s not as simple as voting for the candidate who wraps themselves in scripturesand shows up at […]
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Preserved by Purpose: 20/20 Vision
By Shewanda Riley “You’ll never have 20/20 vision.” I remember the mixed emotions that I feltwhen my eye doctor told me this a number of years ago. First, I was […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Back to School and Back to Prayer
By Shewanda Riley Each year around this time, I share a Back-to-School prayer. I think it is important tooffer encouragement as students, staff and educators prepare to return to school. […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Back to Basics
By Shewanda Riley “I just don’t get it.” I’d been staring at the same algebra equation for about 15 minuteswith still no clue how to solve it. I thought maybe […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Interference vs. Obedience
By Shewanda Riley I just knew it was going to be a wonderful day. Praise music woke me up, I hada wonderful early morning devotion, and my morning classes were […]
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Preserved By Purpose: God’s Pruning
By Shewanda Riley A number of years ago, I attended the University of North Texas Equity andDiversity Conference in Denton, Texas where television journalist Soledad O’Brien was akeynote speaker. As […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Free Your Mind and Your Faith Will Follow
You either live your dreams or you live your fears. This statement from theintroduction of bestselling author Dr. Dennis Kimbro’s 2014 book The Wealth Choice that mademe stop and think. […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Show and Tell Christians
I remember show and tell assignments in school being those sometimes boringpresentations about what we did during our summer vacation. One thing was clear, the lessyou had to show, the […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Cutting Back to Grow Forward
“I’m going to cut my cable like I cut my hair” is what I declared boldly to one of mysisters a few years ago. I was visiting my parents in […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Daddy’s Girls: DNA Goes a Long Way
By Shewanda Riley “Frank Jr” was what I was called as a child because between me and my 3 sisters,I was the one most like my father. From how I […]