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Let Your SMART Goals Give Way To WISE Ones
We’re six months into 2022, halfway through the year — which means by now we should have checked off half the goals which we charted out at the beginning of the year. You know, written half the book. Run half the marathons. Lost half the weight. Cleaned out half our drawers and closets. Saved half ...
The (Surprising) Thing To Do When You’re Overwhelmed
Chances are, you have a lot on your plate at the moment.
Scratch that.
Chances are, you don’t just have one plate with stuff on it, but so many that you could possibly open a crockery store. (Anyone think they have enough inventory to start a Corelle franchise with me?)
Chances are, most of us are overwhelmed by ...
What We Can Learn From Walter
A 100-year-old man recently won the Guinness World Record for working at the same company for an incredible 84 years. In a day and age when people jump jobs quicker than a caffeinated kangaroo, Walter Orthmann has worked for the same textile company in Brazil since when he was 15 years old.
Walter, who celebrated his ...
How To Hear God’s Voice Over The Noise Of The World
Remember the game ‘Chinese Whispers’ you likely played at a birthday party when you were a kid? If you’re scanning your memory trying to think back to a few decades ago (like I did), here’s a little reminder of the game: A word or phrase is whispered from one person to another till the final ...
Love Shouldn’t Prompt You To Share Good Advice
She suddenly appeared at our table and interrupted our conversation: “I hope you won’t mind if I joined you all for five minutes.”
I froze because she was a complete stranger.
My mom and aunt, on the other hand, indicated to her that she could sit with us.
The lady slid into the sofa seat next to me ...
Hurting People Don’t Need This (As Much As We Think They Do)
Six months ago, our seemingly perfect life was fragmented by the sudden passing of my husband’s dad. As waves of grief engulfed us, we also got slammed with health concerns and job transitions, and the pressures that come with unforeseen changes. It felt like a punch in the gut, followed by less-intense-but-painful jabs that knocked ...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
Heavenly Father,
What a sweet privilege it is to be handpicked as a mom and to partner with you on the sacred assignment of raising my children.
Father, you know how inadequate I often feel for the high calling of motherhood, how unprepared to tackle the phases of my kids’ lives and all the messes (and moods!) ...
When A Mountain Looms Up Ahead
A few days ago, we wrapped up a church retreat in the mountains of the neighboring state. My husband got behind the wheel as usual so we could wind our way down the mountain and drive another four hours back home.
But almost as soon as we buckled ourselves in, he got the worst migraine ever. ...
Living In The In-Between of Holy Saturday
The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter has always felt somewhat nondescript to me. We do nothing much in particular. I probably spend most of my time in the kitchen prepping resurrection rolls (a tradition at our house) and baking lemon meringue pies (a recent but here-to-stay dessert for Easter lunch).
Holy Saturday hasn’t felt especially ...
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