My friend Julie introduced me to sprinkling cinammon on top of the coffee grounds before making the coffee. When the coffee maker has worked its magic, I add a little cream and voila. Happiness in a cup! I am now ready for my...
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Stasi Eldredge
My friend Julie introduced me to sprinkling cinammon on top of the coffee grounds before making the coffee. When the coffee maker has worked its magic, I add a little cream and voila. Happiness in a cup! I am now ready for my...
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I’ve been reading through 35 years of my journaling.
My how I’ve changed. My how God has changed!
Now, of course God hasn’t changed, but a boat load of my beliefs about Him sure have.
Over the course of a Christ-...
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Most of you have probably seen by now the commercials comparing the Mac to the PC. “Hello. I’m a Mac.” “And I’m a PC.” (If you haven’t, you can watch them on the Apple website.) They are funny; they are clever; and they are absolutely brilliant...
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The snow is melting but it’s still freezing cold outside and I find myself dreaming of summer; the one to come and then the one that just ended…One of the highlights of this past summer was a camping trip our family took to the...
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I’m sitting at Gate B-42 waiting, as usual, for a United flight that’s been delayed four times since its scheduled time of departure over two hours ago. I’m among a crowd that is slowly morphing into a mob.
The businessman seated...
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Okay… who’s been praying for my golf swing?
Thank you!
When our close friend’s son asked our daughter, Meagan, to marry him we were elated. As the Wedding Week was being planned several rounds of Golf were on the docket...
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I can’t eat anything delicious. My period is coming. And I’m trying to relate to my sixteen year old son. It is not going well.
Sometimes I feel that he looks at me like I...
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I’m going to make a confession. Big breath. Here goes. I like jumpers. There I said it. I have a friend, a very beautiful, style concious, always looks SO good friend, who told me several years ago that I needed to “lose...
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“Hutchison's Law: Any occurrence requiring undivided attention will be accompanied by a compelling distraction.” – Robert Bloch
This is now the...
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Have you noticed – things always seem to take longer than you expect (and certainly longer than I ever want). But finally we are getting to release some new great stuff out of Wild at Heart I think you’re going to love. First, check out our new...
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Last night must have been a blue moon for this morning I went onto Facebook to peruse the status of my friends.
A young friend posted:
Thomas wishes that when he ran into a room and started dancing that other people would...
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There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed, Some forever, not for better, Some have gone and some remain. All these places had their moments, With lovers and friends I still can recall,...
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One of my favorite quotes comes from Nathaniel Hawthorne:
“Our Creator would never have made such lovely days and given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.”
I love...
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How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. ~Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, Annie
A couple of weeks ago Lori and I came to the end of some vacation time in So. California. We were at our daughter’s...
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I’m not suffering with a horrible body awareness issue (see photo), but there are a few small features I wish were different about my tabernacle.*
(For the record, that is my face and fishing hat!)
I’ll restrain myself...
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Lori and I live in Colorado. Our daughters live in So. Cal. From our driveway to Lindsey’ home is 1,103 miles, 1,051 to Meagan’s. That’s a lot of miles between us.
I deeply wish we were together more often, enjoying the grace and...
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I have been thinking about the Christian life, and my own life, thinking about the essential themes, experiences and needs, and I have landed on these two words to describe it: Epic and Intimate....
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So, we try and build some margin into our “season” at Wild at Heart. We are very aware of the danger of burn-out in ministry. It seems like the number one occupational hazard for Christians. So common it seems inevitable. But no. We set a...
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Jon, my son-in-law, is my wingman.
A wingman is the man who is covering your tail, an extra set of eyes guarding your vulnerabilities. The mission is effectively accomplished because of the teamwork between a pilot and his wingman.
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I’ll admit to a vivid imagination. It keeps me entertained, humors my friends, endears me to many and is the cause of sporadic troubles.
I enjoy “People Watching”*… you know, sitting on a park bench, in a mall or at a sidewalk café...
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