"Should I keep this or throw it away? Take it or trash it?" I spent a lot of the weekend packing, which meant making decisions. You know the kind. De-cluttering, packing, and cleaning have a way of making us choose what matters and what doesn't. I'll admit I'm a very sentimental person who might ...
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It wasn't the way I envisioned Jacob's 18th birthday. A year ago, I would've expected the four of us to be together, celebrating around the table with grilled fare under a blue sky, with the "You are Loved" plate in front of our boy-to-man. But when the day came, Jo was up North and Jeff was out ...
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I've missed Feed Me Friday. In the swirl of showing our house, packing, and focusing on "finishing well," I realize I haven't been cooking a lot! When I do pull out the pots and pans, I'm cooking simple, familiar things like baked macaroni, grilled asparagus, and sauteed chicken. And, let's be ...
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We have no control over the pace of God's movement in our lives. Lately, I have moments when I feel like I'm a spectator, watching my life building up speed. But it's not really going faster than usual, even if my heart beats a little more rapidly and I stop to tell myself to breathe. Divinely ...
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He laughed at me, mocking me for using words like yield and cooperate. I didn't expect the sarcasm about our family's way of seeking God's direction, but I should have. For a lot of people, cooperation in marriage is a punch line or lightning rod, an outdated way of thinking and living. Maybe you're ...
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