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Teaching Moments

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Hi friends, I pray you and your family are doing well and staying healthy during this crazy season of life. With all this extra time at home, particularly before they started Stage One of reintroduction (what it’s called in Maryland at least), I thought I’d have so much time and get so much accomplished. I’d finish my book early, I’d get all my launch stuff prepped and ready to roll out when … [Read more...]

The Hiding Place

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This year, my Facebook group, The Posse, took on a reading challenge. Each month, we have a different challenge to guide our reading. It's been great push to get me out of my usual routine. This month, we were challenged to read a book published in the year we were born. Being born in 1971, I was worried that I would find nothing that interested me, but after a brief Google search, I discovered … [Read more...]

Let Go

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Hi friends, I pray you are healthy and safe during this time of crisis. I still haven’t fully wrapped my head around it to be truthful. I can’t picture what future days might be like or if things will ever go back to ‘normal.’ I don’t know, but God does. He’s really worked on my soul during the past two months. I’m ashamed to admit it, especially as a Christian, but I struggle quite often … [Read more...]

Our Anchor

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Hi friends,  I pray you are healthy and safe during this time of crisis. I may have mentioned that I have been listening to Alistair Begg sermons via Truth for Life since my daughters were young and homeschooled. Every day we’d get our breakfast and sit down with our bibles and have what we called ‘Breakfast with Begg.’ My girls are grown, but I’ve kept the practice. I get my breakfast, … [Read more...]

In Jesus’ Footsteps

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Hi friends,  I feel blessed to be with you today. With the pandemic and crisis surrounding us, I’m glad you took the time to visit with me today. I took time away from watching the news and from fear, perhaps, or weariness. I have to admit, I’ve been filled with fear a lot and fear is exhausting. I’ve been sleeping way more than normal and while I do have several autoimmune disorders and they … [Read more...]

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