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Most of us have seen the pictures and read the stories. Stories of sweet precious children washing up on beaches and being the victims of unthinkable violence. They are innocent victims of hatred and evil. And until now, I felt quite helpless to do any good. But last week, I started a team for If …
18 years ago, we bought a Suburban. Today, we donated it to a church so they could pick up kids for camp and stuff. The pastor of the church asked Scott to send him an email giving a little history about the car so he could share it at his church. Here’s what he sent: …
Today, Friends, I am a victim of Irrational Overwhelm. Irrational Overwhelm is something I made up so don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it. Let me define my new made up term: Irrational OverwHELM: the tendency to think, suddenly and without warning or rational explanation, that everything is falling apart, it’s all too hard, …
I have one young adult (20) and 2 teenagers (17) living in my home currently. All are male. All were classified as “strong willed” when they were young. They are charming, funny, good looking (if I do say so myself) and are turning into the type of humans my husband and I would choose to …
This has been a great and challenging week and I learned A TON. Ready? Here we go: Don’t eat sweet potatoes with brown spots on them. Even if you cut off the brown spots, the sweet potato may have harmful bacteria that will give you food poisoning. (this article, #8). You should wait 48 hours …
I clearly remember the exact moment when we found out God had blessed us with not one daughter, as I was sure I was carrying, but rather 2 identical boys. I was 20 weeks pregnant at the time and truly could not have been more shocked. Considering we already had a 3 year old son …
As the mother of 3 young men, I take the responsibility of ushering them into productive adulthood extremely seriously. They were given to us by God to mold and to raise up in the way in which they should go, and we have done everything we can to prepare them for the world that lies …
Over the years I think I’ve met at least 100 people, if not more, that could say “I used to be in ministry.” And before you say it, I know. Yes, we are ALL in ministry. It’s part of who we are as Christians. Our life is our mission . . . .etc, etc, etc. …
This week is pretty monumental for me. I have stepped down from my full time management position to a part time one with far less responsibility. Which means a few things: More time for my kids. Yes, they are teenagers, but anyone who has teenagers gets this: they require MORE emotional energy than ever before. …