Ho Hum Holidays

Though I’m so very blessed and have many things to be thankful for, I still get down around the holidays. Who wants to cook a huge turkey with all the trimmings for two adults and four finicky kids! I can probably count on one hand how many times we’ve spent Thanksgiving with family over the…

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Celebrating Christ Through the YearThanksgiving

Many Pilgrims came to this new land looking for religious freedoms and after a year of hardship and many deaths, they stopped to give thanks to God for his provision and bountiful harvest. So while you’re stuffing yourself full of turkey this Thanksgiving, remember all that God has given you. Also remember the Pilgrims who…

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Thanksgiving Ties

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! Whether you’re heading over to the relatives, or hosting a get-together from home-sweet-home, I have some ideas to keep the under-ten crowd productive and the whole gang happy. For a pre-dinner activity, gather the cousins around and tell them to go outside and find a decent sized tree branch with plenty of…

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Mid-Week Motivational Menu

Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought A couple of weeks ago, I addressed planning out your day, recalling that God is a God of order, as revealed through his detail of creation. However, this week, I wanted to highlight another seemingly contrasting characteristic of God. What about being spontaneous? I don’t know that the…

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Releasing Your New Purity Part II

“The love that provides us with a new purity will never astonish us unless it’s seen against the bsackdrop of God’s raging fury toward sin. When he’s viewed almost exclusively as a God of love, we see forgiveness as just part of His job. That leaves His love with no punch for us, no fizz,…

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Party On!

Thanks to e-mom at Chrysalsis the party’s back on, and she’s got a jump on an old party game, so I say let’s go for it again. This time follow e-mom’s lead and number your own comments! The one who has the most comments by Sunday at noon is the winner! I’ll be giving away…

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Music To A Writer’s Soul

Like all you other writers out there, I get antsy when I can’t work on my novel. But lately, I’ve had to be creative to find ways to sneak in writing here and there during my day. Many afternoons I purposely leave the house a half hour before school’s out. Then I sit in the…

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Calling All Party Poopers

Okay, seems like my little birthday celebration is sizzling! Where’s the noise makers, where are the parctical jokes, where are the presents. I still have two books waiting to be given away!!!! I’ll give everyone one more week to get into the partying spirit. Leave your questions for me in the comment section and if…

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Both

Blessings. We talk about them, pray about them, give thanks for them, and sometimes we even feel very guilty about getting them. Although the Bible says God is “able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,” we worry and doubt about how serious…

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