[getty src=”456771779?et=UPvxP0paSU9LA7_1XUs0Rg&similar=off&sig=ZwMUsYfj39-44b7yAC07czIWfaWm6_hvhGDmdxl5KP8=” width=”507″ height=”338″] Today I spoke my mind—and heart to God. I’ve been reading Job and I liked how he just told God, straight out, how he felt. “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, that it would please God to crush me, that he […]
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Here’s another great post from Morning Story and Dilbert. Where do you find motivation?
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How do you handle paper clutter??? Before I went to Africa I stuck a big pile of papers in the super-deep bottom drawer of my desk. Now 3 months later I’m looking through those papers and they still defy organization. I suppose I could get 127 manilla folders and put 1 sheet in […]
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[getty src=”183742405?et=G0xfKI4dQHpo05PdsCzT3g&sig=ABfjLWLxvI2c3UamuYm-t8HdJaEyLEzLtd2DAb8oy_s=” width=”505″ height=”340″] What’s the old news adage; if it bleeds, it leads? About 25 years ago a journalist named Eric Pooley first commented on the disturbing trend he had noticed in local news. http://evaluatingconversations.weebly.com/if-it-bleeds-it-leads.html Returning from nine weeks of ministry in small villages throughout Ghana, West Africa—this is one of my first […]
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You have two options in life: March to the beat of your own drum or NOT. For a country obsessed with ‘selfies’ we are a people terrified of being ourselves. What if my friends don’t like my hair, my shoes, my furniture? Easy, get new friends. We’re constantly fluctuating between finding ourselves and […]
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[getty src=”110873651?et=Ovc7e0YYRlh6_S7_6-7Ytg&sig=zsomPhGOoDQvQaJZVpPhu3XCDuCS3XnKjEUjylYWFgw=” width=”608″ height=”300″] You could say being a submissive wife is Retro, but most people, most American women anyway would say it’s a throwback to the Cavemen era or at least the Mad Men era. I mean, we’re in a new millennium, a whole new era has dawned for women. Hillary Clinton may […]
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This beautiful post made me a little homesick 😉 One of the wonderful things about being an American is the experience of Fall, Winter, Spring, & Summer! It’s a blessing of geography that those near the Equator never experience. I’m looking forward to returning home to see family and friends, to the creature comforts of […]
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Are your thoughts like these crates when you start to pray? There’s a little order, a few coherent sentences, but then they start tumbling down into your To Do List, or what someone said about your new hair cut, or what to make for dinner. Prayer is conversation with God; listening to Him as we […]
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