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  • September 7, 2020April 2, 2022
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Murmurs of Peace Reach My Heart

  • Creativity

What are murmurs of peace, and how can we hear them throughout our days? We each may have different experiences that wake up certain memories of times we felt calm and peaceful. But the connecting cord that binds us is the Holy Spirit, who Jesus […]

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  • August 23, 2020July 20, 2022
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Mercy: Hope for a Heavy Heart

  • Five Minute Friday

So how can we find the strength to show mercy even when people strongly disagree? We turn to God’s Word and there we find truth.

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  • August 12, 2020April 2, 2022
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Freedom to Spread Your Wings and Fly

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We all want to be free, but what is true freedom? The poem came to me quickly one night during an online writing session with friends. The prompt was: She Flew. First, I began to write and did not lay down my pen until the […]

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  • June 9, 2020June 18, 2020
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Tears, Hard Conversations and Joy

  • Grief and Healing

Tears don’t usually come easy for me. I don’t always show the emotion, though sometimes tears well up in my eyes. Most of the time they disperse quickly and the feeling is gone. Sometimes they come pouring out but not for long.   I’ve told […]

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  • April 25, 2020July 20, 2022
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Reminders of Hope in Our Lives

  • Hope

No matter what our situation, we can look for reminders of hope throughout our days. Hope is not found in ourselves but in God, our Creator.

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  • March 16, 2020March 20, 2020
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Mistakes: We All Make Them

  • Art and Poetry

On Day 9 of the Five Minute Friday #10daywritingchallenge, the prompt was the word, mistake. I am just now writing about it. Everyone has made a mistake or two in their lifetime, right? Actually, we’ve all probably made tons of mistakes. No one is exempt, […]

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  • March 5, 2020March 5, 2020
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Plan: Routine or Go Without Planning?

  • Inspirational

Do you have a plan for your days or weeks? I don’t usually make many plans, but my mornings do follow a similar pattern.   My Morning Routine When I first wake up I check emails, weather and a couple of other things on my […]

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  • February 24, 2020March 9, 2022
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Yarn: Fun, Tangles and Lessons Learned

  • Haiku

The rest of the yarn was in the worst tangle I had ever seen. I wish I had a picture to show you. It was a mess – attached to the cone on one end, the unfinished hat on the other end and what seemed like another tangle leading out from the middle.

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  • January 23, 2020March 21, 2021
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Simplicity: One Word Thoughts

  • Inspirational

SIMPLICITY IS MY GOAL   For many people, January is the time for setting goals for the new year. Some like to choose one word to focus on rather than set lots of goals. For the past several years, I have joined the #oneword movement […]

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  • December 20, 2019April 2, 2022
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Birth and Death, New Life Ahead

  • Five Minute Friday

BIRTH AND DEATH   Birth and death, the beginning and the end ———– Or is it? Many years ago, Jesus was born in Bethlehem to a virgin named Mary. Joseph, the poor carpenter was his adopted father. His birth was a miracle and a big […]

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