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My Favorite Online Workouts

In: Life on: January 25, 2023

Last year I gave up the gym. And long walks outside. Why? I couldn’t sustain the motivation for them. I needed something else. Something to occupy both mind and body in a different way. For me, that comes back to some sort of …

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Goals, Intentions, and Expectations

In: Faith, Life on: January 5, 2023

Here we stand at the beginning of a new year. And for so many of us, our minds turn to yearly goals. I’ve been thinking a lot about that these past couple of weeks. A few years ago I shifted toward “intentions” instead of …

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Why I Love the Christmas Season

In: Faith, Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: December 8, 2014

I love the Christmas season. Not just Christmas Day or Christmas week, but the entire month (or 5 five weeks, depending on the year!) that we set aside to celebrate Christ's birth. When I was younger, this love grew out of …

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Visiting ACFW Blog

In: Life, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: December 4, 2014

I'm over on the ACFW blog today talking about the danger of neglecting life in favor of writing. Come on over and join us!  …

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Helping You With Your Gift Giving

In: Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 28, 2014

Are you a little frantic to get all your Christmas shopping done? Guess what? I'm here to help! Next week, I will host three giveaways--Monday, Wednesday, and Friday--but here's the catch: these are gift prize packages that …

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A Life of Gratitude

In: Faith, Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 24, 2014

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, our collective thoughts turn to gratitude. It's a good reminder every year, asking us to look at our lives and see that in spite of our daily stresses and tragedies we do all have many, …

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The Conundrum of Constant Travel

In: Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 20, 2014

My husband and I recently returned from a 10-day business trip. It was our 2nd 10-day trip in a span of five weeks. Our 3rd at least week-long trip since Labor Day. I love traveling with him when he has long trips to make for …

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Why Water Turned to Wine Encourages Me

In: Faith, Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 17, 2014

Recently, a friend asked me to speak to her teen girls class at church. I gladly agreed, then panicked over whether or not I had anything relevant to say to them! But as I started pray, I knew I wanted to talk about an issue …

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Those Reconciliation Verses in Matthew

In: Faith, Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 12, 2014

I'm reading through the gospels right now--all four at the same time. An interesting exercise, to say the least. That's why I sometimes love to read scripture in different kinds of chucks, causing it to bump up against …

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Veteran’s Day

In: Life, Reading, Uncategorized on: November 11, 2014

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