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I pray that Carol’s Hope will help you:

Discover hope through “God-moments” in your day.
Encourage your heart, soul and mind.
Give you practical ideas and resources to help in your walk of faith.

The Judge

by Carol Loewen

We sat on our couch, watching courtroom proceedings on zoom for seven hours. It was sentencing day. The jury had already declared the defendant guilty. But both sides’ attorneys, as well as the perpetrator and […]

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Dead Battery

by Carol Loewen

I sat in the car, writing a different blogpost than this in longhand while Don went into Lowe’s to pick up supplies. He returned, loaded his purchases, and turned the key in the ignition. Grrrrrr […]

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Rich Soil

by Carol Loewen

I attended the recent West Coast Christian Writers’ Conference, online, October 8-10. The cost was low; and the conference was well planned with a balance between pre-recorded instruction sessions and interactive Zoom game breaks and […]

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Like a Tree

by Carol Loewen

As we drove home the other day I saw this striking live oak tree – arms and elbows all akimbo. It struck me as very beautiful. How did those branches twist and turn as they […]

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Fear

by Carol Loewen

We arrived at our drive-in church service early last week, as we always do, to get a spot from which we can hear and see our pastor teach. The precious old hymns of the faith […]

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Prayer for our Nation

by Carol Loewen

“The Return,” led by Jonathan Cahn, occurred Friday evening and all day Saturday in Washington D.C., while evangelist Franklin Graham led tens of thousands on a prayer march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington […]

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Perspective and Promise

by Carol Loewen

Did you notice more grey hairs during the past six months of shelter in place? I did. Not that I had more, but that without going to the salon they were coming out of hiding! […]

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Never Forget!

by Carol Loewen

Nineteen years ago on September 11th, I walked into my office building. The security guard looked flustered. “They flew into the Twin Towers.” I hadn’t heard any news en route to work that morning, so […]

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A Different Kind of Week

by Carol Loewen

I felt a bit dizzy during the night Monday. When I wakened Tuesday I was quite nauseous. I stayed in bed until about 11, then Don prepared me a very light breakfast of fresh fruit. […]

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That They May be One

by Carol Loewen

‘Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell’.  Psalm 43:3 A devotion from Seeds of the Kingdom explains […]

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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…”

Hebrews 10:23-24