by Kathy Banta | Dec 1, 2016 | Life Issues
Last fall I sat in my hair stylist’s chair as she asked me what I had been up to. I rattled off my schedule filled with volunteering, singing, and speaking engagements, my busyness with this club and that committee. Then she asked me, “What do you do for...
by Heather Gilmore | Nov 22, 2016 | Life Issues
A friend recently defined singleness to me as “the working woman’s disease.” I was astonished. Since when has not having a significant other been on the same level as suffering a physical, mental, or emotional defect? Is there a medical term for it? Do they make...
by Julie Fisk | Nov 14, 2016 | Life Issues
Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 As I pulled into the parking lot of the small cafe on the shores of Lake Superior, the parking lot full of cars gave me pause. The quick, one-night getaway to the North Shore for the hubs and me had turned into a quick...
by Kendra Egeland Roehl | Nov 7, 2016 | Life Issues
“So what are you going to do next?” The question was posed innocently enough by a friend last night after I’d explained about just finishing up helping with a major women’s conference and meeting the final deadline for our book (yay!) last week. I immediately fumbled...
by Karah Hawkinson | Oct 24, 2016 | Life Issues
A few years ago I started a garden. I’m largely self-taught, which means I find articles on Pinterest and watch YouTube videos and just try things. Sometimes I fail, like the year I got just one ear of sweet corn, and other times I’m so successful we can’t eat it all!...
by Cindy Dullum | Oct 11, 2016 | Life Issues
As she shared her loss, I could hear the quiver in her voice. It had been 3 years, and yet as we spoke, the tears stung my own eyes. My daughter Sarah and I were discussing the baby that went from womb to heaven in a moment. The wonder of pregnancy, the joy and...
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