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The Parakaleo Post
Encouragement from the Word through from various source of the past and present.


Beauty From Ashes
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of...
Lisa Engelman
Nov 2, 2024


Return, O My Soul
Return to your rest, O my soul. For the LORDÂ has dealt bountifully with you. (Psalm 116:7) No one talks to me more than I do. No one...
Lisa Engelman
May 3, 2024


On a High Rock
The one thing I ask of the Lord—     the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,     delighting...
Lisa Engelman
Jan 27, 2024


A Door of Hope
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. Hosea 2:15a ESV Troubles have marked mankind’s...
Lisa Engelman
Dec 1, 2023


Strength In Stillness
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your...
Lisa Engelman
Nov 1, 2023


None Like You
"There is none like You, O Lord; You are great, and your name is great in might" (Jeremiah 10:6 ESV). In 2 Chronicles we learn about two...
Lisa Engelman
Oct 2, 2023


Peace Like a River
Most summers, Steve and I take the children camping by a lively creek at a campground nestled at the base of majestic Mt. Hood, which...
Lisa Engelman
Sep 1, 2023


Introducing Parakaleo Posts: As Far As The Clouds
God, your kindness reaches as far as the clouds go. Psalm 36:5
Stephen Engelman
Jul 13, 2022
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