Shelli Owen
Life Outside of School
“Ears that hear and eyes that see— the Lord has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12) What is real and what is not? All my school years,...
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Shelli Owen
Author | Writer
“...the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea..”
(Isaiah 11:9b & Habakkuk 2:14)
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Shelli Owen
Mar 31, 2023
School and Riding the Bus
Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time....
Shelli Owen
Mar 10, 2023
Obsessions and Dad’s side of the Family
“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) Because of my dad’s example growing up, I developed disciplines that would...
Shelli Owen
Sep 13, 2022
Beauty in Nature and Art
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread." ~ John Muir How does it happen that some things remain engraved on a person’s mind and heart...
Shelli Owen
Aug 25, 2022
The Power of Meetings
“It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” ~...
Shelli Owen
Jul 13, 2022
Neighbors & Siblings
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” (Romans 7:15). “No, don’t go home yet... Let me...
Shelli Owen
May 5, 2022
No Sway?
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘ Honor your father and mother’ —which is the first commandment with a...
Shelli Owen
Apr 6, 2022
Building a Tomboy Life
“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. ...Then God saw everything...
Shelli Owen
Mar 18, 2022
To Have a Friend
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). By...
Shelli Owen
Feb 24, 2022
My Community
"How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!" (Psalm 133:1) Is there any urge stronger than the human desire to...
Shelli Owen
Jan 26, 2022
Childhood “Innocence”
“...I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5, NLT). There are people who don’t agree with the above...
Shelli Owen
Dec 1, 2021
My First Lie
"…Do not lie. Do not deceive one another” (Lev. 19:11). Children are not purely innocent. At least I know I wasn’t. I know I had a bad...
Shelli Owen
Nov 17, 2021
Early Years – The Not So Sunny Side
“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). While...
Shelli Owen
Oct 6, 2021
Early Years - The Sunny Side
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities —his eternal power and divine nature— have been clearly seen, being...
Shelli Owen
Jul 21, 2021
Beginnings
“..put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.” David (Psalm 131:3) One of my earliest memories, though somewhat foggy now, is of...
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