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How Humbling Yourself in Your Time of Need Changes Everything
Let me introduce you to my friend, Tricia. When I faced a tight deadline for writing my debut novel eight years ago, I sought counsel from Tricia Goyer. An award-winning storyteller, Tricia is also the...
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7 Liberating Facts for Testing Your To-Do List
Celebrated images of strength and hotness, Wonder Woman and Superwoman, both products of DC Comics, are boot clad, cape waving testaments to woman power. From their perfectly-proportioned physique to...
View ArticleHow Messes Can Help You Master Perspective
For at least a dozen years, I daydreamed of gliding past awe-inspiring scenery in a posh passenger train. A ride on Amtrak seemed a fitting party favor for celebrating forty-three years of marriage....
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5 Easy Ways to Stay Focused While You Pray
Let me introduce you to my friend, Sarah. Motivated by her own serious and chronic health struggles, Sarah Forgrave became a wellness coach who loves encouraging others in their health and faith...
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How to Listen Like the Best Friend Ever
Nothing like a lesson in listening during lunch on a Thursday with me, myself, and I. I ordered my Chili’s menu favorite—Caribbean Salad with Grilled Chicken. Next, I pulled a file folder from my tote,...
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3 Staggering Gifts of Gratitude
You balance loose envelopes and a package in the crook of one elbow so you can pull the post office door open for a stranger. Only to watch her blithely cross the threshold with nary a glance at you,...
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When Grief Gives Way to Gifts
Let me introduce you to my friend, Becky. I’ve not yet met Rebecca Rene Jones in person. But after reading her memoir, Broken for Good: How Grief Awoke My Greatest Hopes, I feel like I’ve sipped coffee...
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3 Things Perfectionists Won’t Tell You
Confessions of a (Recovering) Perfectionist came to mind as my initial title for this post. I know something about the dodgy distraction of pursuing perfection. I’m acquainted with the compulsion to...
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A Cheat Sheet for Defeating Distractions
During a stroll between morning meetings, I ducked into my favorite building on the grounds of the Mount Hermon Conference Center. The A-framed chapel ranks high on my list of favorite places to visit....
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What Everyone Should Know About Panic Attacks
Let me introduce you to my friend, JJ. During my first experience seeing JJ Heller and her hubby Dave on the stage at a women’s retreat in September, the Smothers Brothers came to mind. (I know…you’re...
View ArticleChristmas: Simple Beginnings
One week from today, we’ll gather with family, friends, or neighbors to celebrate Christmas with merry decorations, gift-gifting, and a festive feast. As I reflect upon God’s provision of a Christmas...
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7 Liberating Facts for Testing Your To-Do List
Celebrated images of strength and hotness, Wonder Woman and Superwoman, both products of DC Comics, are boot clad, cape waving testaments to woman power. From their perfectly-proportioned physique to...
View ArticleHow Messes Can Help You Master Perspective
For at least a dozen years, I daydreamed of gliding past awe-inspiring scenery in a posh passenger train. A ride on Amtrak seemed a fitting party favor for celebrating forty-three years of marriage....
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5 Easy Ways to Stay Focused While You Pray
Let me introduce you to my friend, Sarah. Motivated by her own serious and chronic health struggles, Sarah Forgrave became a wellness coach who loves encouraging others in their health and faith...
View ArticleMy Christmas Prayer
Lord Jesus, with “O Come All Ye Faithful” playing in the background, I pause to be still. Reset my spirit to remember that you are God. The Beginning and the End. The life-giving Light who came to...
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12 Bible Verses to Live By in 2018
Happy New Year, friends! December 31, 2017 snuck up on me, but I wasn’t sad to see the old year end. The New Year will bring one of our two daughters and her family back from Africa for a visit. We...
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Choosing Clutter Free: 7 Steps for Getting Started
I’d like to introduce my friend, Kathi Lipp. I’ve known Kathi for several years, and then had the privilege of getting to know her better when we worked together for a couple of years at the Mount...
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Victim of Grace: An Amazing Truth Every Woman Should Know
I’m excited to introduce you to my friend, Robin. Robin Jones Gunn is an award-winning storyteller, the much loved author of the popular Christy Miller series for teens and Sisterchicks® novels as well...
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Practicing the Art of Paying Attention
On the last day of 2017, my twenty-something girlfriend leaned toward me. “Do you have your one word for 2018?” I gulped. “Not yet.” “Well,”–Kara’s brown eyes still glimmered with anticipation–“when...
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What a Bone Rattling Bobsled Ride Taught Me
Let me introduce you to my friend, Loree Johns. Loree, a Write Brilliant buddy and one of my iron sharpeners, is an interior designer who offers inspiration for your heart and your home, earning her...
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