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Where Am I Putting All that Stuff?
Maybe it was just another one of those expressions Christian use that was supposed to make me feel better. But it didn’t. And that made me feel worse because it sounded so spiritual? And I wanted to be...
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Romantic Movie Quotes
Special thanks to Robin Jones Gunn, a wonderful author whose books have often encouraged me. I loved her Valentine’s blog so much that I asked for permission to share it. Consider it our Valentine’s...
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Sweeping Girls off their Feet
This is too fun! Last year my oldest son and his buddy decided to sweep girls off their feet for Valentine’s Day. See for yourself how the women at their school received their good-natured attentions....
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The Meeting Place
It doesn’t matter. Honest. God can meet you anywhere. Under a tree. In the shower. At the movies. It also doesn’t matter the style of worship. It was almost surreal that twenty-four hours of my life....
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Finding Joy in the Pouring Rain
For many years I prayed for joy. What seemed to happen in response to those prayers was hardship upon hardship. But looking back I think I learned some of the same truths in this blog, especially the...
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Marriage Reflections
No disrespect intended to those couples who say the best years of marriage were when they had nothing but love, staring into each others eyes in that first, tiny apartment, only peanut butter and jelly...
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Breaking Free to a Spirit of Adventure
“You’re like my dog,” my agent, Rachelle Gardner, said. Not exactly the way you hope a conversation with someone this important to you will begin. At my humorous, self-deprecating response she quickly...
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Grandma’s Recipe
There’s something satisfying about being bonded through food to someone you love. Several years ago I happened upon a recipe for banana pudding in one of my cookbooks. It delighted me to see...
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Giving Away 21 Days of Love and More
Have you ever sensed internal growth as a result of reading good fiction? My friend Kathy Ide believes strongly in the power of story. As an editor and the founder and director of The Christian Pen,...
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Grounded
The silliest things can keep a gal grounded. Like being tagged on Facebook. If you’re on this social media, you know the one going around. Seven days of pictures for the “love your spouse” challenge....
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