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How Can We Pray for You?

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Lessons in Rock Hunting

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The Shalom of God

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The Day I Met David and Goliath in the Walmart Parking Lot

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When Terrific Turns Toxic

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The Ebb and Flow of Friendship

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The Gift of Unfiltered Encouragement

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Finding Sacred Ground

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The Joy of Long-Haul Friendship

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I’ve Been Expecting You

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How Can We Pray for You?

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Lessons in Rock Hunting

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How Can We Pray for You?

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Recommeded Reads ~ Whispers of Rest: Refresh in God’s Peace & Love

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The Shalom of God

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The Day I Met David and Goliath in the Walmart Parking Lot

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Hope When We’re in a Hard Battle

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In the Middle of the Frozen Food Aisle

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For My King and My Country

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On Choosing Faith Over Fear

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Today's Post

When You’re Afraid Your Best Days Are Behind You

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Last weekend I went to my 20th high school reunion. It was an event that I'd built up to be A THING in my head, one I was both nervous about and looking forward to. It turned out to be less "A THING" and more a pleasant evening spent with a handful of people I have much affection for and haven't seen in several years. I grew up in a small town and graduated with just under 100 people, the majority of whom I'd known since preschool or kindergarten. We certainly didn't spend those formative years always holding hands and singing Kumbaya, but overall we were a pretty tight-knit group of kids ...

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Lessons from Molly

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I walked out the back door leading to my back porch and glanced up at our light fixture. It appeared my porch light had somehow sprung a mullet. Looking closer, it was a bird’s nest unlike any nest I had ever seen. Surrounding the nest that housed three tiny eggs were cascading wisps of twigs, making my porch light look as if was all business in the front and party in the back. I was in awe. This was not a typical nest. This robin had some serious creativity. I’m certain she must have ...

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Recommended Reads: Why We Need to Let Them In

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There it was again. A soft knock on my screen door. I was hoping it wasn’t so. Of all the times to have visitors, why did it have to be now? I had chosen this day to relax. I had six kiddos under the age of nine still in their pajamas at one in the afternoon, and a home that held a few piles of unfolded laundry on the couch, a nursing babe on my breast, and a table left sticky from a PB&J lunch. We had gone apple picking the day before, and the over-achiever in me seemed to rear its head. ...

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3 Guaranteed Ways for Moms to Make Mom Friends

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Sometimes I think moms need friends almost as much as they need sleep. Friends to assure us that we're not crazy, not disqualified, and not ruining our kids. But between the carpool and the kitchen sink full of dishes AGAIN, between the spelling lists and potty training, between the cleats and the ballet shoes, it can feel impossible to find that friend willing to love you just as you are -- crushed Cheerios, leftover makeup, and all. But here's the thing -- I think that snagging ourselves a ...

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