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Don’t Let This Stop You
“When I first saw you walk on stage I thought to myself, “I don’t think this lady can teach me very much,”" she said.
Her words threw me for a loop, especially since this was the first time we were meeting. Our church service had just wrapped up and she had come up to me to ...
When You Don’t Feel Like Being Thankful
The other day, I threw an epic fit. I let my two sort-of-stunned teenage kids “have it” for several reasons, some being legit things that needed correction and others being things that bubbled to the surface because I was having a mommy meltdown.
One of the things that I probably didn’t need to rant and rave ...
These 7 Lessons Can Steer You Through Transitions
Here’s something immigrants do. They immigrate. (What can I say, except that I’m clearly brilliant with definitions??)
As far as the US goes, the ‘American Dream' draws many of us to its shores. It’s the dream of owning your own home with a white picket fence where you can raise your kidlings who will eventually go ...
Do Not Be Anxious? But How??? (Free E-book)
This may be TMI, but recently I found that my hair was falling like crazy. You could literally trace my path through my house because I left a trail behind me like a dystopic Gretel (The one with the breadcrumb trail from the rather disturbing fairytale). My bathroom floor, pillows, the kitchen counter, and every ...
Hope For When You Feel Stuck
“This is going nowhere.”
Have you ever thought those words or voiced them when frustration mounted and you were ready to call it quits?
Confession time: I have.
Multiple times.
I’ve been ready to throw in the towel because it felt like things were stuck, or like I was going in circles, or like I was on a road ...
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 ...
When You Feel Like You’re Not In Control
“What in the world am I doing on this thing?”
That single thought seized me as I found myself suspended from what was essentially a swing on steroids, 40 feet above the ground.
The “thing” was actually called “The Giant Swing” and it was one of the activities at an adventure park we visited over the weekend.
Not ...
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 ...
Pray Your Way Through Uncertainty (YouVersion Devotional)
None of us are immune from life's "What if's?"
And the last year of the pandemic has only served as a highlight reel of how uncertain our lives can be.
As I write this, my Whatsapp groups are inundated with messages about vaccines and viruses, with concern for loved ones and how to access care packages. India ...
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