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Encouragement for every season of lifeTangled Webs
Oh the tangled webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott I’ve struggled for days with how to write this piece - not because I don’t know what to say about the topic, but because I do. In fact, I know this topic like the back of my hand. I’ve...
The Best Lemonade Maker – Michelle’s Story
This is the first article in our new series called "Every Heart has a Story to Tell." As we head towards our first Thrive Conference in October our desire is share how Every Story Matters. Please check back each week to see how God is moving in women's lives and let...
The Stories We Write
At church a few weeks ago, my husband and I talked with a friend of ours who just had emergency surgery where it was discovered she had two cancerous tumors. It had been a scary few weeks and a hard recovery, but every time I have seen her or heard word of how she's...
Got Chicken? Dinner is Practically Ready!
In the summer I don’t like to cook much. Who am I kidding? If I never had to cook at all and could still have delicious meals show up on my table every night, I’d be thrilled. But summer just seems a little bit lazier. Before I even blink it’s 5:00 and I’ve not given...
She called her “FAT”
I was chatting with an old friend when out of the blue she told me she’d heard that so-and-so had gotten “fat.” I bristled. She obviously didn’t know how mad these words would make me and I bit my lip. “What do you mean?” I asked. She repeated her statement again. I...
In the Middle of a Miracle
A few weeks ago I attended a Leadership Development Night at our church. The teaching was on being a flexible and adaptable leader. Keith, our speaker for the evening, talked about how we need to embrace change, be ready for it to happen, and not get our undies in a...
Thankful For Clouds
The evening swayed gently as the current under our feet moved back and forth in the way that nature does. Our pontoon sat in the middle of the still and now-quiet lake, which had been bustling with summer-savoring families all day. Adults chatted, slightly dazed from...
Block Party 101
We bought our first house when our boys were six months old and a little over two years old. It was a cute little house in a quiet neighborhood. Our plans were to establish ourselves in the community and after a few more years, relocate to a bigger house, perhaps out...
Eating Out – Missionary Style
Over the years I’ve been on several mission trips. The standard on a mission trip in regards to food is that if someone you are staying with, or the group you are ministering to, serves it, you eat it. If it appears that it might make you puke, you politely say,...
Even Wonder Woman Needs Help Sometimes
Calling my husband as I left the doctor's office, I choked up as the words came out: "Honey, thank God - there is actually something medically wrong with me." As I sat in my car after I hung up with him, I wept hot, hard tears. This current version of me hasn't been...
