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“Be my rock of refuge to which I can always go.”
Psalm 71:3
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Recent Posts
- The God Summit
- “Comments? Anyone? Anyone?”
- The Gift of Staring at Your Shoes
- A Suggestion For Your Reading List
- The Unexpected Lesson of Irma
- The Death of Discernment
- A Different Kind of Radical
- “Are We Safe Yet?”
- The Most Important Feature in My Home
- The Story Behind “The Forgottens”
- The Perversity of Unanswered Prayer
- It’s a Boy!
- Why God Loves Dogs
- Jesus and Cereal
- Getting in God’s Face
- Judging Our “Truthiness”
- When Is It Time To Go?
- Chatting It Up with God
- The Messy Journey Between Back Then, Now, and Up Ahead
- Our Own Version of “Boston Strong”
- When Convictions Get Ugly
- Grateful for an Empty Tomb
- What God and “NCIS: Los Angeles” Share in Common
- Ballad for an Ordinary Life
- The Fast Track Back to God
- Disappearance of an Old Friend
- Postcard From Paradise
- Breaking the Rules About Christmas
- What If You’re Not Feeling Thankful?
- The Answer to All Your Questions
- Are You Poor Enough?
- What Facebook and the Bible Share in Common
- Surviving the Life You’ve Always Wanted
- What Our Stuff Says About Us
- The Problem with Angels and Politics
About My Latest Book
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Join Verla Wallace for a backroads adventure with no cell phone, laptop, GPS, or itinerary. Wallace’s journey of self-discovery is filled with humor and drama, heartache and breakthrough. Meet Duck Man, a washed-up machinist with a brain tumor who found a new purpose for his life in the unlikeliest of places. Meet the mysterious hiker, fresh off walking The Appalachian Trail, who forces Wallace to acknowledge her own calling. Whether it involved getting lost at night in a mountain canyon or attending an elegant Hilton Head wedding, Wallace’s life-changing road trip delivers a wealth of wit and wisdom with an ending no one expected.
Available on Amazon.
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Author Archives: Verla Wallace
Andy Rooney, Regis Philbin and You
Last Sunday night Andy Rooney delivered his 1,097th and final commentary on “60 Minutes,” after 33 years on the air. Last summer Larry King signed off CNN after 25 years and an estimated 50,000 interviews. Oprah also ended her 25-year … Continue reading
Posted in Life Purpose
Tagged 60 Minutes, a memorable life, Andy Rooney, FALN. Oscar Lopez Rivera, Jesus, Larry King, Oprah, Regis Philbin, Sanhedrin, the gospel
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Lurkers for Jesus
There are an estimated 450 million active English-speaking blogs currently in the world. No one knows for sure the exact number, since thousands of new ones are added daily and thousands more become zombie, sleeping, or “dead” blogs which have … Continue reading
Posted in Salvation
Tagged Lurkers, Michael Hyatt, the gospel, tribe-building. English-speaking blogs, Zacchaeus
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The Sushi Chef and The Bickersons
I probably wouldn’t have noticed what was happening if I had been in my usual rush, but I wasn’t. I was killing time, waiting for a carryout order at our local sushi restaurant. It’s a quiet little place of simple … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged arguing couples, choices, death, life focus, Phil. 4:8, Stanford University, Steve Jobs, sushi, The Bickersons
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Excuse Me, Would Everyone Please Shut Up?
I was standing in a grocery store line yesterday behind a mother and a young boy, presumably her son, who looked like he was 10-12 years old. She was ragging on him about something, as she mindlessly emptied her cart … Continue reading
Posted in Renewal
Tagged A.D.D., Android, attention deficit, cell phones, Harvard researchers, intimacy with God, silence, solitude, stress
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Exposing Adam and Eve
A man on the East Coast wrote me this week to say he’s losing his business. He wonders how long he’ll be able to hold on to his house. A woman in Nova Scotia emailed about her cancer diagnosis. A … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living
Tagged Adam and Eve, control, faith, Mitzi Hoelscher, stress, stress test, surrender, tough times, understanding how God works
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When Eating Frogs Is Not Enough
The entrepreneur sat down at my table—poised, impeccably groomed, articulate, the picture of confidence. It was his first visit to the monthly meeting of Christian business executives and other professionals who came to connect with peers and gain wisdom for … Continue reading
Posted in Life Purpose
Tagged Brian Tracy, conflicting values, elevator pitch, entrepreneur, King Solomon, Life Purpose, people management, time management
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Wisdom, with Hot Sauce on the Side
One of my greatest fears of aging is not the loss of title, status, money or even health. It’s the fear of being irrelevant. Who wants to find themselves in a place where they’ve finally figured out a few things … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living
Tagged aging, Heidi Montag, plastic surgeries, the value of wisdom, what is relevant
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Pilgrim on the Loose 