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Encouragement for every season of lifeWhen Life is Bittersweet
Each year when I see my doctor for my routine appointment, it comes up. Usually with a nurse, someone who is kind but impersonal, working their way through the checkboxes marking my family medical history, glossing over my paternal grandmother’s stroke and my mom’s...
What Can I Do About ISIS, Boko Haram, Ebola, and Sex Trafficking?
I am sick to my stomach every time I read about another ISIS attack or the disgusting details of what this terror group has done and continues to do to innocent children and adults in the Middle East, just because they are Christians. I despise the information that no...
Milk or Meat
You wouldn’t expect a 30, 40 or 50-year-old person to drink milk out of a baby bottle, would you? Of course not! Adults shouldn’t be living on baby’s milk or infant formula, should they? We naturally expect babies to drink milk from their mother or a bottle and to...
When We Don’t Embrace Our Whole Self
It was years ago -- over a decade -- and yet it is forever etched vividly in my mind's eye. I was at a basket weaving class (yes, there is actually such a thing; yes, it is actually a lot of fun; and for those of you thinking of the college credit joke, no, it was not...
Alone in a Crowd
We have all been there. At a party surrounded by laughter, conversation, and energy yet feeling like we are in a bubble separate from everyone else, unable to connect with or relate to the interactions around us. I was at a conference by myself this weekend in a new...
Grandma Bernadette’s Apple Strudel Recipe
Every family should have a grandma who loves to bake. If you don’t, I am so sorry for you! In my family, it was my Grandma Bernadette. This women always had a bowl of lemon drops and M&Ms on the counter, a drawer of other candy treats, and a freezer full of ice...
Let it Go
They were little girls, sisters actually, just 13 months apart in age. The older child loved to take care of the younger, but the younger girl didn’t appreciate that very much. She was the youngest of seven children, and she had enough people bossing her around; she...
Moose, the Tattoo Artist
A common defensive tactic for people who hate to be judged is to judge others first. Beat them to the punch! And because I can be quite witty (and before I was a Christian), I developed a snarky and sarcastic attitude about people I assumed would judge me . . . mainly...
Finding Strength and Wisdom in Every Season
Oh, September: You usher in so many things. Many of the students around the world started school as you began. The days grow shorter and temperatures decrease. Cool nights with warm days remind us of summer and what’s to come this fall. Outdoor pools closed upon your...
Flourish in God’s Presence
Moments of delight can drop in on us at unexpected times: enjoying a great cup of coffee, noticing a bright flower in bloom, or having a grandchild run or leap into my arms. And sometimes contentment shows up right where I have learned to anticipate it. As I settle...
