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Take the Long Way Home
In my previous blog, I wrote about the book, One Thousand Gifts, that our women’s Bible study is currently reading and how I am keeping a journal of 1,000 gifts that God gives me throughout the year. I have made a conscious decision to slow down and look daily for gifts that God has given me. I…
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Dessert First!
I lead our women’s Bible study at church. This session, we are doing Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts. In her book, she encourages women to keep a gratitude journal of 1,000 gifts..a 1,000 gifts from God. This exercise is to take place over a year and the gifts are not to be what He has already…
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New Year’s Resolutions
New Years is my favorite holiday. I love spending it with my family and friends. Expectations are low. You don’t have to bring gifts or cook for hours on end. You just get to be together. Laughing. Enjoying one another’s company. The past few years we have gone to one of my sister’s bowling alley…
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Great Things He has done
I have been in bed sick for the past two days. I’m pretty sure it’s the flu. I have been fighting something for 2 weeks now. I am an AWFUL sick person. I don’t even like me when I’m sick. But as I was getting ready to crawl back into bed, I came out of…
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Peace on Earth
Every Christmas I see an advertisement on some of the tv stations that say “May this be the year that peace on earth and goodwill toward men finally comes.” And tonight I think about peace. I remember a policeman saying that suicides and domestic disputes spike during the holidays..the season of peace. I think about…
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Music boxes, Christmas, and my brother Bill
My brother Bill will be ecstatic that he is the topic of my latest blog…(I say with tongue firmly planted in cheek!)…. Today I was in my office at the church trying to be motivated. It was really hard. I have totally lost my voice so I couldn’t talk to anyone (much to Pastors Jim…
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Personal Constitution
My favorite show is NCIS. I love everything about it. My favorite character on the show is Gibbs. He is a man’s man. Mysterious. Quiet. Loyal. Yet he is everything you would want your dad to be. Protective. Strong. No nonsense. Kind. If you look at his role closely on the show, he is the…
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The Leaf
As I was leaving my house yesterday to go to a Christmas dinner, I noticed this leaf. It had somehow gotten wedged in a crack in my sidewalk. It struck me. I hurriedly put my dish for the dinner in my car and went and grabbed a camera and took a few photos. I went…
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My Passion for Reading
I am an avid reader. One of the best things in the world is getting lost in a book and staying up all night because you have to know what happens. I have always been a reader. The Nancy Drew books were my first series. At Christmas time and my birthday, I would pass out…
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Clearing my plate
In late Spring of 2011, I felt very strongly that I was supposed to begin to clear my plate. You know how when you go to a buffet or a church dinner and there is such a vast array of amazing food to choose from but your plate is only so big? So you keep…
Along the Way 