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from Susan Narjala
15 Signs I’m Not A Millennial
I vote Facebook over Instagram. I know that’s hopelessly uncool. In my defense, I did post two pictures on Insta before I took early retirement. But it boggles me that people have abandoned their perfectly wonderful names for squiggles and symbols. And they leave it to me to figure out who in God’s good world ...
Journeying With Jesus – You Version edition
My Lent Devotional is now on You Version! Yay!
You can download it here:
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/11147-journeying-with-jesus-40-days-lent-deovtional
Or search for "Journey With Jesus" or "Narjala" on your You Version/ Bible App on your phone and follow along there.
‘Journeying With Jesus’ is a Bible plan to help us walk with Jesus through the last two chapters of Matthew. We stop to ...
40 Days of Journeying with Jesus – A Lent Devotional
Day 1
Dwell On Matthew 26: 6-13
We start the Lent devotional with someone who truly got it. Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, actually understood. In fact, she understood more than the indignant disciples who tried to stop her from “wasting” the perfume on Jesus. She, perhaps, understood that Jesus wouldn’t be with them much longer.
Her ...
The One Thing That Could Be Hurting Your Marriage The Most (It’s Not What You Think)
Did you know that 80 percent of the time women bring up issues in heterosexual relationships? That’s according to Dr. John Gottman who studied hundreds of couples from the 1970s onward.
I’m not surprised. In our 12 years of marriage, I’ve been the one to dredge up most of our trouble spots.
It could be that he’s working too ...
Startling Obedience, Simple Joy
It’s not often that an auditor with an MBA from the U.S. changes career paths to become a Montessori teacher.
It’s even less likely that they would start a preschool in India with the sole purpose of reaching out to underprivileged children.
But, then again, Saraswathi Padmanabhan, is not one of those you meet often. Her unique passion ...
Finding My Place While Parenting As An Immigrant
If you’d peeked into my kitchen a few years ago, you’d have seen the chef (that would be yours truly) with something strange on her head. No, it wouldn’t have been a chef’s hat. It would, in fact, have been a polka-dotted, vinyl shower cap. Definitely an unusual choice of headgear for cooking.
For me, however, ...
Making Space – An Advent Devotional
Christmas – along it being the most wonderful time of the year, it tends to be the busiest. This Christmas, let’s clear the clutter to make space for Christ. These Advent devotionals, one for each day of December leading up to Christmas, are a small way we can focus on what truly counts.
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A Parent Primer on How to Deal With Bullies
The moment your wrinkly, wailing baby enters this world, there’s one thing you’re sure of: you’re never going to let anyone hurt your precious child. If they try, they’ll first have to contend with mama bear.
By the time your child enters elementary school there’s one thing you’re sure of: you can’t possibly protect your child ...
The Two Words That Steal Our Joy (And the Two Words That Can Restore It)
The kids were with the grandparents for the night. Which meant we had the perfect opportunity to catch a movie in an actual theater, eat out without cutting the chicken into bite-sized pieces and spend the evening without repeatedly giving instructions to one’s progeny about baths and brushing.
Except, the evening didn’t pan out quite like ...
MEET SUSAN
