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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When Your Prayers Go Unanswered 26 Aug 2013 | 05:59 am
“God has answered 90% of my prayers,” Noah declared recently at dinner. “Really?” I asked. “So how do you know?” I pictured an Excel spreadsheet with lots of columns and check marks. “I just sort of...
Weekend One Word: Listen 25 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
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The Art of Doing Small Things with Great Love 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I settle in, cinch the seat belt across my lap and, with one foot, push my carry-on farther under the seat in front of me. It’s only when I go to power-down my phone that I see I have a text message. ...
The In-Between {an interview with Jeff Goins} 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
So I got all confident after my video debut and took it up a notch when I got the opportunity to interview author Jeff Goins. I am the biggest Luddite ever you know, so it took me for.ever to figur...
Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: Wounded Women of the Bible {and a giveaway!} 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
I’m doing something a little bit different for #HearItUseIt today. I didn’t technically hear this message in church this week, but I’ve been reading this brand-new book, Wounded Women of the Bible: Fi...
Weekend One Word: Look 17 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
“You’re asking the wrong question. You’re looking for someone to blame. There is no cause-effect here. Look instead for what God can do.” (John 9:3-5, The Message) You just finished reading We...
Why Gratitude Has to Become a Habit 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
“If we are lucky,” writes Anne Lamott, “gratitude becomes a habit.” I’m reading Lamott’s latest book, Help, Thanks, Wow, on the screened porch of my childhood home. It’s raining, gently, the scent of...
When It’s Time for Some Shinrin-yoku 14 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Within minutes, the roar of traffic is replaced by the sound of water rushing over rocks as the trail ascends steeply from the parking lot. The forest is lush with ferns and birch, Noble fir and black...
Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Fear You’ve Flunked the First Commandment 12 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
“So what do you think?” I ask my kids as we eat lunch on the back patio. “Do you love God with all your heart, all your mind and all your soul?” They both answer without hesitation. Rowan says yes. No...
Still Saturday: Try It 10 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
So, friends, what will you try this weekend? Me? I think I’ll try to embrace this last bit of summer. {the kids are back to school on Tuesday} Maybe a book in the hammock. Or a visit to the Lanca...
