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A Reminder to “Look up” instead of at the world around us.
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My latest post for enCourage on parenting boys
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A Mother’s Game Day Prayer
It’s funny how I would never Pray for my favorite NFL, MLB, or NHL Team to Win Of course, you are so much more concerned With the state of your church, and the many lost and hurting souls Than my team’s current rankings I know what you value Yet find myself praying for my son’s soccer, football, or running team To beat the cross-town or cross-state rival Or even worse Praying he will beat out His teammate we have known since elementary or middle school For a varsity spot This pitiful behavior begs the question How do you want me to pray For my son or daughter on game day?…
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Yes, Exits Are Required
I wasn’t too concerned. We had just driven this a year ago. How difficult can it be? I lived in Dallas for two years without google maps. Did we really need to use it every second? Well, despite my husband’s warnings, I missed two exits. In both cases, I didn’t think we had to turn off at all. I thought the other traffic veered away from us. Nope. I was wrong. Exits are funny things. They take action, a commitment. Once I’ve exited an interstate, I can’t just get right back on. I have to leave that route behind and join a new one. Recently, my department head at the…
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The Waiting Game: Learning to number my days
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. In a lifetime of living within an hour of this small resort town, I hadn’t seen anything like it. A rare flood engulfing the main street receded, leaving the street filled with river rock-not small river rock, but large rocks requiring heavy equipment to remove them. We thought we were past it, disasters like the one last year that made camping, hiking, and tourist activities difficult. Last summer’s dry conditions left my home state-and this particular town- engulfed in flames and smoke for the majority of the summer and fall. This year, however, we had snow and then rain, and lots of it.…
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This Puzzle Called Life
Nobody likes discomfort, but life in a fallen world guarantees uncertainty. This puzzle we call life requires it. As James tells us, that God is not only with us “when (we) meet trails of various kinds” but will produce “steadfastness” eventually making us “perfect and complete, lacking in nothing”, not one missing piece (James 1:2-4). May we be steadfast as we trust the promises of a God who carried our forefathers through perplexing times when that piece didn’t quite fit until the puzzle maker completes the scene for us in eternity. www.facebook.com/groups/connect.pca.women/permalink/504313166577008
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Why I am Rethinking my Hallmark Christmas Movie Addiction
I’ll admit, I am not exactly a fan of the catch phrase trend which includes “Keep Christ in Christmas” and other such sayings, but I am prayerfully asking myself what my responsibilities are during this sacred time of year. Lord, turn my heart towards you alone during this time of year. Please grant me the wisdom to speak about and value your birth and the gospel instead of promoting a faceless spirit or empty consumerism. May I continually respond as the shepherds did saying, “Let’s go the Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened . . . “ (Luke 2:15).
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Why I’m Not Leaving Education to Become a Blogger
I see it all the time. Ad after ad advertising blogging as an escape from the chain of the 9 to 5 job. It is amazing to me how many of these ads refer to teaching as the job they wanted to flee. How could they teach when they really didn’t enjoy it? It is hard for me to imagine. Now, I have been writing since I was a young girl. Stacks of journals holding my deepest secrets are proof it is truly a passion of mine, but one thing I have never wanted to escape is teaching. The days spent learning with teenagers is not a hindrance but an…
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The Cure for “Facebook Envy”: Be Thankful
If I admit it, I’ve always been this way-the coveting type. I envy others’ sense of style, popularity, fun personality, job, or life in general. You’d think I’d have outgrown this ridiculous habit. It’s not like I don’t know that there isn’t a single person who hasn’t been touched by this fallen world. Time and time again, I have idolized a person's life just to learn of a heart break they’ve endured, usually something much more tragic than I’ve never even come close to experiencing. Broken relationships, wayward children, contentious relationships, debt, discontentment-dysfunction is rampant, even in the lives of those who have the most convincing Facebook photos.
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Breathe of Life
The term “one of those days” doesn’t fit really. It hasn’t fit for 18 months now. In any case, I was more stressed than I’ve ever been, in ways I couldn’t quite identify. Our school district had announced that this school year would be “mask optional” only to reverse the decision 48 hours before opening day. Some people were angry, some happy, but a general feeling of discomfort was pervasive. It was as if we were waiting for the next last minute change to drop. Sure. As teachers, we were ready for whatever came, ready to engage young minds despite the subpar morale, but that didn’t change the fact that…