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The Day After Christmas
The gifts are opened. The food eaten. The house is a disaster. Some return to work, others are left with family (who linger too long or not long enough) before schedules demand a return home. Leftovers are scattered throughout the kitchen. Pesky remnants of wrapping paper stay hidden behind couches and the tree. All that…
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Losing What You Never Had
This summer at Camp Barnabas was chock-full of GodStuff, but none more pronounced than what God taught me through our daily devotionals.
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Naked Joy
Good morning dear ones, wanted to encourage you this morning with some nude words. This is from a post I contributed to Mom-Sense last week but thought you may enjoy it as well.
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Why I’m up at 4 o’clock in the morning and maybe you should be to
Mornings are hard for me, especially when they start with feeding the crying baby at some ridiculous hour.
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Whom Shepherds Guard
What Child Is This What child is this, who, laid to rest, On Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, Whom shepherds guard and angels sing: Haste, haste to bring Him laud, The babe, the son of Mary. Why lies He…
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The Power of Perpetual Thanksgiving
I was honored to write this as an article for a dear friend, Amber Blackburn, who hosts The World Sees Normal blog. Please enjoy! It is always an interesting thing to me when November rolls around and I start seeing the inevitable “no-shave November”, National Adoption month, and Lung Cancer Awareness month memes all…
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Making Your Thankful Count
t’s the season for food, family, fun, lights, turkeys, shopping, and the occasional moment of reflection stolen between school programs, cooking, and stress eating. If you’re anything like me, as you age, the importance of having that Pinterest-worthy place setting or Instagram decor fades over time as the hustle and bustle of simply doing life…