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The Coffee Shop: Trustworthy
Devotional Melanie Nixon Devotional Melanie Nixon

The Coffee Shop: Trustworthy

How can I testify to God being trustworthy?

He is Trustworthy

While its winter, I am challenged with writing not by the pond where my previous familiar inspirations would nudge me—for this season of crisp and cold, a coffee shop writing is evolving. A sweet and smiling surprise as I sit here watching faces coming through…

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Tune out. Tune in.
Devotional Melanie Nixon Devotional Melanie Nixon

Tune out. Tune in.

In your daily life, do you often find yourself sifting through your own thoughts to find what is?

Real. Clear. Hopeful. Helpful. Engaging. Life-giving.

What do I need to tune out in order to focus on God?

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POETRY. I welcome you in.
Resting Melanie Nixon Resting Melanie Nixon

POETRY. I welcome you in.

Evoking awareness is the beauty of reading or writing poetry for listening and discerning where God is in your life and how He is at work—nurturing, healing, restoring, redeeming, just loving you and me.

This month, I invite you to read a poem much like that of a Lectio Divina. A slow reading of a poem three times and giving…

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Is Peace and Unity possible?
Resonating Resources Melanie Nixon Resonating Resources Melanie Nixon

Is Peace and Unity possible?

Peace —wholeness and well-being in all areas of life

  • A Topical study on the word “peace” within the pages of Scripture are telling. This past month, I found myself wanting an expansion of heart and life with this theme.

  • He Calls Me Friend, by John M. Perkins “Sometimes I’m asked, What should we do? How can we make a difference? Won’t you join me, friend?” by John M. Perkins

  • LOVE KINDNESS. A must read friends. Challenges and gleanings …

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