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6 Keys to Help You Thrive During Major Life Change

March 12, 2018 by Amelia

I stood on the back porch leaning against the house, shoulders drooped, hair covering my face as tears fell drip by drip onto the cement. I’d taken the trash out, but wasn’t quite ready to go back into the house. I was hoping I could also dump the trash in my soul right there on […]

Filed Under: faith in action Tagged With: change, encouragement, faith, life, life seasons, prayer

7 Truths about Friendship During the Fledging Years {Giveaway!}

March 5, 2018 by Amelia

Today’s post comes from my friend Brenda Yoder who just released a book for parents titled Fledge: LaunchingYour Kids Without Losing Your Mind. It was my pleasure to not only endorse this book, but to also write the foreword for it (a first for me!). As a friend and mom who is a stage ahead of […]

Filed Under: Doing Life Together, faith in action, reviews Tagged With: community, encouragement, faith, family, kids, motherhood, parenting

4 Daily Spiritual Practices to Promote Good Mental Health

February 1, 2018 by Amelia

Giveaway winners! I apologize, I got a little behind with the holidays and a round of birthdays! I’ll be contacting these winners. Thanks for participating! A Song of Home: A Novel of the Swing Era (Pearl Spence Novels) by Susie Finkbeiner- Karen Sunlight Burning at Midnight by Jessica Ronne – Julie B. As My Parents […]

Filed Under: faith in action Tagged With: anxiety, encouragement, faith, mental health, prayer, spiritual disciplines

How the Joy of the Lord Can Be Your Strength

December 18, 2017 by Amelia

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“This is it. This is her final journey home,” my husband said. For the past 24 hours, our phones had blown up with text messages from my father-in-law. My husband’s 94-year-old grandmother was in the hospital. The doctors had just made their diagnosis. This would be her journey to Heaven. She had told us for […]

Filed Under: faith in action, Pray A to Z Tagged With: faith, family, joy, Pray A-Z, prayer

Praying Against Excessiveness

November 27, 2017 by Amelia

I sat on the treadmill, elbows resting on  knees, fists supporting my head. Cold from the basement floor seeped through my knitted slippers, turning my feet numb. Numb. That’s how I felt. I faced two floor-to-ceiling metal shelves overflowing with stuff.  A basket of mismatched knitting needles had spilled at my feet. Three tubs bulging […]

Filed Under: Pray A to Z Stories Tagged With: faith, Pray A-Z, prayer

4 Practical Ways to Love the Elderly This Holiday

November 13, 2017 by Amelia

“Mom, please, no, please don’t make me go. Those places make me sick to my stomach.” I begged and pleaded with my mom as she grabbed her purse and replied, “You’re going. Get in the car.” I wasn’t trying to be a whiny kid, but every time I stepped into a hospital or nursing home, […]

Filed Under: faith in action, Pray A to Z, Pray A to Z Stories Tagged With: elderly, encouragement, faith, Pray A-Z, prayer

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