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It’s Okay To Give Up Sometimes
One of the most important lessons my husband and I have tried to teach our daughters is to never give up. Like most parents I suppose, we’ve told our girls from the time they were tiny they could be...
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Baby Teeth, Buttons And Such
I’ve never been much of an organized homemaker. Heaven knows, I’ve tried over the years. But the stress of making sure three children stayed alive and healthy was more of a priority for this...
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Through the Storm
My husband and I took our three daughters and three of their friends on a 7-mile canoe trip while on vacation this summer. Our family had been on this adventure a few years ago, and we were all...
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Roses Will Fade
You can distract and deny yourself for a little while Busyness never goes out of style You can fool yourself and the masses Everybody’s blinded by rose-colored glasses But seasons will change and...
View ArticleBible Study PTSD?
My counselor and I were discussing how I tend to exist in a fight-or-flight state, as well as how I bottle emotions until I erupt. She was explaining how it’s important for me to recognize my...
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Fear: the Currency of Religion
I was in sixth grade, and we’d just moved. Again. The school year was already underway, and entering a pivotal year where friendships had already formed into cliques was a recipe for disaster. Throw...
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View ArticleTurning People Into Ministry Projects
I’d heard there was a tragic death in the immediate family, and it was rumored that at least one of the parents was an atheist. When I happened to see one of the parents out in public, I took the...
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The Rains Finally Came
Up until a few days ago it’s been dry and lifeless around these parts. The wind stirred leaves into a dusty whirlwind. Fall looked parched upon the trees. Vibrant mums faded to brown. Nature...
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On Motherhood: I See You
Dear Mamas, I see you. I see you weighted down with diaper bags and pacifiers and changes of clothes. I see you begging your babies for just one nap. I see you wanting someone to hold you because...
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Equating No With Being Offended
The gentleman busied himself with writing a receipt for services rendered and chatted with me as I stood at the kitchen counter making my lunch. I was prepared for the topic of conversation since...
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The Joy Of Singing
Christmas is my favorite season for music. From “O Holy Night” to “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer,” I never tire of listening to Christmas songs. The Christmas season was also my favorite time...
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It Did Seem Real
My thirteen-year old and I landed small roles in our local community theater’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” It’s been years since I acted, and even then, those were church...
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Redemption Waking
One quiet morning Amidst the Christmas crazy Twinkling lights like stars Burn through the dark and hazy Is this what Christmas means One silent night breaking Right into the dawn To watch...
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The Year Of Letting Life Happen
I began the year with a Whatever happens, happens attitude. It was an attempt to care less, to nonchalantly accept whatever happened (or didn’t) during the year. Nothing has ever come easily for...
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One Word 2016
I’m daring to choose One Word for 2016. Last year I adopted the phrase, “Whatever happens, happens” because I couldn’t bear to choose one word that would define my year. I’d done that and been...
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Endure
Thick clouds hung low on a freezing, charcoal day, the first such one of that winter. Dozens of palm-sized birds flitted from one bare branch to another, no doubt, helped along by the strong wind....
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How Relationships Teach Us To Save Ourselves
I’ve discovered a little something about relationships: whether they’re good or not-so-good, they teach us how to save ourselves. When I say we can save ourselves, I mean we can, for the most part,...
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Leaving Church
When I left church two and a half years ago, I expected that I’d eventually return. Certainly, I didn’t expect to return to the church I’d left, but surely, I’d end up back in church somewhere on a...
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Standing In the Gray
It’s a rainy, gloomy, gray day where I live. It’s fitting weather for this Easter. I took my anti-depressant this morning at the usual time, but I’m not sure it helped me get through the first...
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