A Mother’s Day Scripture & Video
This Mother’s Day video – click to view – is based on a blog post written by our very own Lisa-Jo Baker. May it encourage and remind you that: There are those who say this is ordinary. Don’t buy that...
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On This Memorial Day :: For The Heroes And Those Who Love Them
If looks could kill, she vaporized me on the spot. In spite of her laser beam pupils boring into me, I kept my voice level. Calmly and gently, I addressed my concerns with her child’s behavior towards...
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Happy 4th of July!
Photo by Scott Robinson On this 4th of July, we are once again reminded of the privileges we enjoy–and we are exceedingly grateful for everyone who protects those freedoms. Thank you to the men and...
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Jesus in the Metadata
I had a dream recently, the night after I participated in a Help-Portrait event at the Allume conference in Greenville, South Carolina. I saw a sheet with a list of names, highlighted in blue, of...
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When You Want Your CHRISTmas to Have More Christ and Less Crazy
~ excerpt from The Greatest Gift ‘Big and glossy and loud and fast -—- that’s how this bent-up world keeps turning. But God, when He comes to us — He shows up in this fetal ball. Christmas is coming...
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A Thanksgiving Scripture
Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to Him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King...
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Grace for Your Unmerry Moments
Confession: Sometimes I have a bad attitude at the holidays {please tell me I’m not the only one}. I want peace on earth but then I wind up feeling tempted to run over people with my shopping cart...
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When Your “Best Of” List Comes Up Empty
I love lists. I really do. As a matter of fact, I’m itching to make a grocery list right now. Then I want to make another to-do list, because the one I wrote two days ago is missing several things –...
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When Your Christmas Season Includes Change
From 30,000 feet up, I stare out the window of seat 11A onto changing landscape. First high desert, then expansive grasslands, then rolling hills and snaking rivers with tall tree fringe. I smile to...
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Sometimes I Forget To Be Grateful
In the two weeks before Thanksgiving, our dishwasher quit emptying out the dirty water; our washing machine wouldn’t spin at the end of the rinse cycle; and our old faithful van started herking and...
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The Noise & the Notes
If I’m being honest with you, I only went to the Christmas tree place because I knew my kids would want to look back and see pictures of me there with them. I didn’t want them to think I was a...
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On Not Losing Heart
I had an epiphany. And maybe it’s something everyone else has always known, but for me this is a big deal. Because it completely changes how I see my life. Completely. It was one of those days again,...
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The Day After Christmas: How to Live After the Miracle
The day after Christmas. We don’t like to think about it as we plan for the big day tomorrow. But it always follows Christmas. Every year. December 26th can feel like a deflated balloon after the most...
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A Christmas Scripture
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great...
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More To Celebrate
I’m getting married this New Year’s Eve. The jazzy song that questions, “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” holds a whole new meaning for me (and yes, I do plan on playing it at my wedding). Twinkle...
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If You’ve Ever Regretted a Little Vulnerability
Some memories don’t visit you but cement themselves as permanent landmarks in your mind. Like the one formed when my good friend, the one with much older kids, swings by for a visit when the house...
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