Author: Katie Shott

Wholehearted Worship

My mum was a quiet lady; she was gentle and kind and wise. Growing up, I always remember her using the expression, “Actions speak louder than words.” She used it to teach me the value of showing that I meant something was more authentic than just saying the words and

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This I Know

“Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” My earliest memory as a child at Sunday school is being taught this lovely, simple little song. Simple and yet profound. Foundational, unshakeable, unchanging truth that I continue to need to be reminded of, especially when life gets

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So Much More

It’s been quite a while since I was in high school, but I still clearly remember my English Literature teacher emphasizing the importance of how to start a piece of writing, and how to finish well. She insisted that we had to capture the readers’ attention, and then eventually tie

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Living Well

I wonder, are you like me and enjoy an intriguing drama series on television? The tension builds when the writer slips in a seemingly irrelevant or easily missed detail which actually turns out to be key to the whole story! Well, we find this near the beginning of today’s Scripture,

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Promised Hope

The Challenge of Waiting How are you at waiting? I must confess I am not great at it! God’s work of teaching me patience and trust is an ongoing one. I am thankful for His long suffering and grace!  Our society and culture today certainly does not help us develop

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A Sure and Certain Hope

What Is Certain We are living in uncertain days. It almost seems every time we connect to our news feeds, we hear of shocking, sad, almost unbelievable things happening across our world.  There is an old saying that in this world there is nothing certain except death and taxes. Although

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