[pinit] What is your soul? How do you take care of your soul? Seasoned author and pastor, John Ortberg, answers these questions and more in his latest book, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You. Combining pieces of his own story with exhortations from his friend and mentor, Dallas Willard, and clear […]
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Hope and Help for Hard Times
[pinit] Last October when Kedron was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I looked at the calendar for fall and spring and prepared to brace myself for a long winter of waiting. I knew we’d be waiting for recovery from surgery. Waiting for results. Waiting to find out treatment options. I figured that by the time spring […]
3 Tips for Reaching Your “Impossible” Goal
Congratulations to Leigh F. & Cheri S. for winning the Chicken Soup for the Soul: Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide books! Please send me your addresses and I will drop those in the mail! I just registered for my third full marathon. I never, ever, ever would have imagined I would run one marathon, let alone […]
Cut from the same cloth – embrace your uniqueness
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for two copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide! Have you ever wished you were someone else? Maybe you wish you could be funny like her, or more outgoing like him, or more organized like your neighbor. For years I wished I could be […]
Blurred Vision
[pinit] Dry and itchy eyes remind me that spring is on the way, even if the snow-covered ground insists otherwise. A few years ago, during the annual torture of blinding lights, puffs of air, and dilating drops, the eye doctor took a little stick and flipped my eyelid inside out. That was new. “Hmm…well that’s […]
How Amazing Grace left me pondering
I just finished reading Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery, by Eric Metaxes. I’ve always loved history. Stories of our past lend understanding to our present. This story left me pondering, thinking, and praying. I wasn’t ready to leave Wilberforce and the band of brave English abolitionists behind. So I […]