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  • October 30, 2019July 20, 2022
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Finding Hope in God and a Lament

  • Hope

Are you feeling heavy with burdens that seem too hard to bear? Do you sometimes wish you could crawl into a hole and disappear?  In this troubled world we live in, have we tried finding hope in God? FINDING HOPE IN GOD As I reading […]

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  • October 17, 2019April 2, 2022
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Leaves and Lives: Not Drifting Aimlessly

  • Inspirational

Do you ever feel like you are drifting through life, being blown along at a pace you did not choose? Or have you found a path you like but find it hard to stay focused? Do you plan ahead only to have circumstances thwart your […]

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  • October 12, 2019October 14, 2019
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Walking the Doodle Trail, Pickens, SC

  • Haiku

For the second time this week, my husband and I drove to the nearby town of Pickens, SC, to take a walk on the Doodle Trail. It used to be a railroad route but has been made into a lovely paved trail for bike riding […]

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  • September 28, 2019September 29, 2019
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Success: How Do You Define It?

  • Five Minute Friday

Success is the prompt word this week for Five Minute Friday. Everyone has an idea of what it means to be successful. Maybe for some it’s making lots of money. For others it might be having all family members get along with each other.   […]

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  • August 24, 2019August 26, 2019
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Pace: A Five Minute Friday Post

  • Five Minute Friday

Pace is the Five Minute Friday word prompt for this week. The first thought I had was the advice I’ve heard and given often. Go at your own pace. But as I thought about it, I wondered what really determines our rhythm or tempo or […]

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  • August 13, 2019August 13, 2019
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Kenilworth: Our First Year in New Jersey

  • Inspirational

When my husband accepted a teaching job at Covenant Christian School in Cranford, New Jersey, we had no idea of all the new things we would encounter or the full range of emotions we would feel. Last week I told a little bit about our […]

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  • August 6, 2019August 9, 2019
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Welcome to Our New Home in New Jersey

  • Inspirational

At the beginning of the summer of 1980, we packed up a moving truck and started on our journey from South Dakota to New Jersey. This was the third cross country move in the span of a couple of years. Our arrival was met with […]

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  • July 30, 2019July 29, 2019
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Experiences: Good Friends & a Misunderstanding

  • Inspirational

We learned and experienced many things during our stay in South Dakota. Some experiences were not easy, but showed me how much I needed to depend on God. We also made some treasured friendships. Again, I don’t have pictures to match the stories, but I’ll […]

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  • July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
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Fun Times: South Dakota Part 3

  • Inspirational

We enjoyed a lot of fun times in South Dakota, but some things were hard. In this Tell a Memory Tuesday post I’ll share a funny story. Next week I’ll share a more serious one.   Since I don’t have pictures that directly relate to […]

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  • June 28, 2019March 27, 2021
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Stillness: Ten Minutes a Day

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In The Presence Project, led by Summer Gross, our practice this month is taking ten minutes of stillness each day. That is not a very long stretch of time, but it’s amazing what a few minutes does to bring calm on a busy day.   […]

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