I’ve got to be honest with you…some days I just feel like a terrible parent. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids. But sometimes I wonder if I was sick the day they handed out the parenting manuals because…
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Ever have one of those days where the weather outside matched your mood perfectly? Today is one of those days. It’s Monday…the first glance at the window when the alarm clock went off told me it was dreary and gray outside…
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I just saw this piece on CNN.com about verbal blunders that was hilarious (in a cringe-worthy kind of way). I can’t even decide which one was the worst…Oprah trying to wipe off Drew Brees’ birthmark?
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My brother and sister-in-law are on a one-year missions trip in Bangkok, Thailand where they’ve lived for the last eight months. They’ve been answering some questions people have sent them on their blog recently. One of the questions…
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I grew up in a strict, legalistic environment that placed a high value on outward appearance – how you dressed, what you said, what you listened to, etc. I wore suits to church and lots of other places to dress my best for God…
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Dutch Photographer Erwin Olaf recently released a brilliant series of self-portraits entitled “I Wish. I Am. I Will Be.” They’re a great illustration of…
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Why are Christians so desperate for the approval of the culture we live in? That’s a question I’ve been thinking about as I’ve been reading this book. So many churches and Christians today spend a great deal of time wondering and worrying about how to be more culturally relevant..
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I had to run to the grocery store yesterday and asked the girls if they wanted to run with me. I was walking out the door when I saw my little ragamuffin Emily with the remnants of some afternoon snack on her shirt and hair that a bird would be seriously temped to set up house in…
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what happens when our success is followed by a failure…and then a closed door…and then another? What do we do when the “good old days” become the “better old days” and we begin to wonder why God isn’t blessing now like he was then?
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Keeping margins in my life is something I’m constantly working on. During some seasons of life it seems that margins are easier to maintain than others. There are times when things fall into place and responsibilities come and go…
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