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Encouragement for every season of lifeWhy Old Habits Can Be New Resolutions
Think back to high school or college, or maybe even elementary school. Remember the sense of excitement that came from doing your favorite activities? Maybe it was playing a particular sport, reading, camping with family, or playing a particular game requiring your...
Reaching Ten Years By the Skin of Our Teeth
This month, my husband and I will celebrate our 10-year anniversary. When my parents reached their 10-year mark, they celebrated with a large recommitment ceremony that included me wearing the 9-year-old equivalent of an awful bridesmaid dress. But despite the mark...
A Healthy Holiday Dish
The holiday season is a wonderful time of the year to spend with family and friends, enjoying each other’s company -- and there is almost always food involved! Food has a magical way of bringing people together in fellowship. However, many of us struggle with the...
God’s Slow Cooker
Waiting. Like me, most Americans don’t do it very well. We can be a bit impatient, can’t we? With our busy-busy lives and surrounded by an always-in–a-hurry society, we just don’t like to wait. The American landscape is filled with monuments to our culturally...
Embracing an Imperfect Christmas
As I sighed heavily this past week over my unfinished Christmas to-do list, I was gently reminded of lesson I learned (and keep relearning) this past summer. It was after a hot day spent doing yard projects and housework that my husband invited our neighbors over for...
Does Cancer Make People Jerks?
Last month in my blog 1000 Gifts and More I mentioned that our family has been walking through some “hard eucharisteo," a time when giving thanks seems a little bit more challenging. On October 23 we heard the news that my husband, John, has all the indicators of...
I Don’t Want to Live a Life Without Risk
I’m terrified of public speaking. And a few weeks ago, I had to face my fear. When I say I’m terrified, it’s not like I kill spiders with the biggest shoes I own or I hurl myself onto chairs when I see mice, although both of those things are true. When I say I’m...
Love-Filled Sugar Cookies
Guest Contributor Athena Demel is the women’s ministry director at Verndale Family Life Church (Verndale, Minnesota), volunteer administrative assistant, and part of the events coordinator team. Her husband is the active Youth Director at their church. They are...
Freedom From Abuse
This is the seventh story in our “Freedom From…” Series, an 8-week series featuring women who have faced adversity and found freedom in the process. The following is the true story of Gwyneth Nelson (a pseudonym), as told to the Bridging the Gap team. All names have...
When Advent is a Broken Hallelujah
These first few weeks of Advent Acts have been emotional for me. Maybe it’s because I’m in the final stages of pregnancy, my body beginning the pangs of nearing childbirth. Maybe it’s the simple ways God has answered prayers to reach out and bless others who may need...
