Category: Christian Living
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The Compassionate Quit (Book Review, “5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit,” by Nicki Koziarz)
“Be merciful to those who doubt.” (NIV) Jude 1:22 “I quit.” With every Kindergarten foot-stomp, adult miscommunication, seven-year old sassy stare, and unnerved “NO!- That’s not something we tell the dog ‘NO’ for,” I holler down the hallways of my home, I yearn a little bit more for a vacation away from all of them…
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The Purple Scar
If anything can trump everything, we are pushed into punishment. My stomach twisted in fret like it did on the way up the first hill of the tallest roller coaster in the world When I was ten-years-old. I wasn’t ready to face that fear then, nor was I prepared to hear the Elementary School Principal’s…
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The Favorite
“I can’t believe this is not even a dream.” Lauren tugged her seat-belt around her neck to click it fastened without breaking her gaze with the fluffy ball of puppy sitting on my lap as we drove out of the school pick up line. After years of campaigning, Cherry the golden-doodle had just made Lauren’s…
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The 5 Fights Before 9.
Fight the fall into fear, failure, and doubt by giving up guilt in exchange for grace; fetching forgiveness for faults. I have kids. If I want to entertain the notion of a “quiet” time before the chaos erupts, my alarm can only beep a maximum number of three times. In the dark of dawn, I…
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The Over-Answerer
Solutions are revealed through noise, and hidden in the slow silence of subtlety. “Lo, you can’t cheer in flats.” I harped. “UUUGGGHHHH!!!!” She exasperated as she stomped off to change her shoes. “Mom…” My oldest began…and then I really can’t tell you what she said after that. It was too long and drawn out, and…
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