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A Mother’s Pride
I’m sooo proud of Chris right now. He’s out shoveling our 80 year old neighbor’s walk while his friends are all playing in the snow in our backyard. He’s been out there for over an hour using one of these shovels. He’s asked his friends for help, but they said they’d rather play in the…
Introducing Chanda Canup
My name is Chanda Canup and my husband and I have been serving in ministry together for 6 years. He began as a youth pastor, and we just finished serving at a church where he had youth and music responsibilities. We are no longer pursuing full-time ministry; we have had enough of “church politics” and…
Ice Day?
We woke up to a blustery cold ice storm! We new it was coming, but was hoping for snow instead of sleet, still the icy sleet didn’t keep my four kids from bundling up like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and braving the chill. Their friends came over and they all took turns sliding down our…
Christmas: Off to a Great Start
For years, decorating the Christmas tree has always stressed me out! I think it stems from memories as a child having to help my single-mom drag the real tree into the house, up the 13 stairs and hold the prickly thing while she screwed in the bolts into the tree or vice versa. Inevitable there’d…
The Red Ribbon
© Staci Stallings Everyone wants a blue ribbon. Blue. First place. The best. Even kindergarteners want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race I was always last. In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball. In basketball I was…
Counting Down to Christmas
My six year old has been asking me for weeks, “How many days until Christmas?” He tells me it’s because when it’s Christmas, it snows (though it looks like there’s a good chance of snow tomorrow.) So I decided to make this Christmas countdown chain. We’ve done it every year, but usually not this soon!…
Dr. Phil, I’m Totally Confused!Updated
First Post November 20, 2006 I’ve just read some shocking information about the soon to air Dr. Phil episode on homeschooling. Don’t know if it’s true, but I plan on watching for myself to see if it is! You might want to TiVo it yourself. I wrote this earlier today and what happened tonight when…
My Birth Story
My mom’s been saying for years that she’ll write down or record everything she can remember about her life and my grandparents. Well, for my birthday this year I asked for my story to be written. Though basically a routine birth back in the late sixties, here it is word for word, though I did…
Releasing Your New Purity Part III
Last time I left off with an analogy of being licked by a gentle lamb or roaring lion. Which lick would mean more? The Lion, of course seeing that it could kill you in one bite. “Our Lord will never be appreciated as a Lamb unless He’s first encountered as a lion? And it’s because…
After the Call
I recently told you about The Really Long First Call. And then what happens after the first contract has been signed? In a word, Wait. But eventually, after we come back down to earth, we get back to work. Every writer is different, but here are a few things I’ve been working on while I…