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Tomorrow is Saturday in America and that means Garage Sales.   Why do we have so much clutter? Magazine articles tell us how to organize it, how to get rid of it, and how it makes us feel emotionally & psychologically stressed. Those are simply band-aids people!!! We’ll never find a permanent solution to clutter […]

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Have You Forgotten What Jesus Said About Making The Ask

What’s your greatest need, desire, or hope? What do you want to ask from Jesus? While he walked the earth ‘he went about doing good’. He met the needs, granted the desires, and fulfilled the hopes of people who came to ASK. In the secular world those who want to do good, like fundraisers for […]

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Ministry

Be The Change You Wish To See In The World

In our last three weeks of ministry  here in Ghana we’ve seen the great need for Bible teaching designed to reach children with the gospel and the simple truths of how to walk with Jesus.  Be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi Americans hear this quote, or some variation of […]

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Travel

Something You Don’t See Every Day

Africa is exotic and strange. Over the five weeks we’ve been here I’ve grown accustomed to things I’d never see at home in California. This is Bucket List stuff I’m now taking for granted. So I thought I’d share a few of them with you and in the process maybe remind myself of how unique […]

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God

A Method For Success With God’s Own Seal of Approval

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) Starting small gets God’s approval. When we want big changes we often turn up our noses at small starts, at ‘petite’ course corrections. God is doing a significant work […]

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House & Home

My Le Creuset Dutch Oven: C’est Cie Bon

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/daily-prompt-ingredients/ Confession: I’m no Julia Child. I have other talents and interests. If that sounds defensive, it’s because it is. Cooking triggers my ‘insecurity’ and reveals my soft under belly of inadequacy. In my family I’m a lone island of Culinary Failure surrounded by a Sea of Good Cooks. They’re thinking of having my DNA […]

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Faith

One Essential You’ll Never Get From Online Church

Do you sometimes watch church online? I saw something in the last two days that convinced me that online church isn’t church at all. For the last two days I’ve met with women under a huge mango tree in a village called Zebilla. We had a Women’s Conference and I didn’t know until today that […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Never Have Another Bad Hair Day Again

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/weekly-photo-challenge-selfie/#more-68713 Say Goodbye to Bad Hair Days! ‘Doing my hair’ can consume about 40 minutes out of a day before I’ve had a second cup of coffee. Doing my hair while traveling to remote African villages is almost impossible. I finally bought a blow dryer designed for 220 electrical after my other one blew up, […]

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Faith

God Gives Both Strength and Will

‘People do not lack strength; they lack will.’ Victor Hugo For the Christian God gives both. . . .filled with the knowledge of His will . . .strengthened with all might according to His glorious power . . . Colossians 1:9-11

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Relationships

A Mission Statement For Christian Wives

What’s at the core of being a godly wife?  What’s God’s intention for wives? The answer is found in that old truth from Proverbs 31. She does him good and not harm all the days of her life. Proverbs 31:12   For two weeks I’ve been speaking to Christian women about Family, about being a […]

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