Baby Shower Gift Ettiquete: Need YOUR Opinion

My sister (half-sis whom I didn’t grow up with and hardly know) is having her first baby. My other sis and I are going in on a gift and checked out her registry. There’s an item for $159 that’s rather high end for this particular item (swing.) It’s really cool(it swings both ways), but I…

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Delete

    Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.        Acts 13:38 NIV After a mini trip over the weekend, I went through files on my computer of the digital pictures I took.  Some of the pictures were great, but others left…

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Six Random Things Meme

Myra tagged me with a meme! Here it is! RULES: a. Link to the person who tagged you. b. Post the rules on your blog. c. Write six random things about yourself. d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blog. e. Let each person know they’ve been…

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Elements of Scariness

by Gueast Author Mike Dellosso Scariness. I was going to use the word horror but from what I’ve read and heard through that proverbial grapevine, horror is a word that’s not held in very high esteem in CBA circles. Too worldly, too anti-Christian. But horror is simply scary, isn’t it? If you write a novel…

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I’m Twitterpated!

I just love the scene in Bambi where Thumper (I think) talks about love. He calls it twitterpated. Well, this isn’t exactly what this post is about! I’ve been twittering…think brain dump to a minibloggy thing so that others can see what you’re doing. This weekend and Monday has been crazy with science projects for…

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So You Want to be a Reader

For some reason today it feels a tad odd to write about writing. Not that I’m not opinionated. My husband would roar if he saw that sentence. I think there are many days he’d beg me to quit slinging my opinions around for all to see and hear. But because I honestly feel so new…

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Legislating Love

Rules. Rules are such a paradox for the human race. We need rules. Instinctively we know that because without rules, how would we know what is acceptable and what isn’t? However, we hate rules. We hate the burden of rules, learning the rules, keeping the rules. It’s as if the rules rub against our spirit…

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More Thoughts on Vowing into Grace

For the last few Sundays I’ve been blogging about The Vow, by Ed Gungor. I continue my thoughts on vowing into Grace today. Read the first part here. Gungor says, “When you find an area you experience grace in and want to vow into it, you should spend sufficient time testing how the vow will…

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My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel

Because as interrupted writers we barely have enough time to write, let alone read, I’m hoping this Saturday Morning Review column will make it easier for you to choose which books to read and which ones to skip. This column will strive to bring you reviews of the best of the best in CBA. And…

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