On the morning of my third son’s 8th birthday, he was determined to get rid of the old to make room for the new. It was a painful process, fraught with stops and starts, tenacity and even…blood. Eek! But then, for many of us, the process of getting rid of the old to make room for the […]
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(Listen to the audio recording of this post by clicking on the bar above) Even if you didn’t see the opening scene to Dumb and Dumber 2, I think we can all agree that pretending you’re insane for 20 years is just plain…dumb. But then, it’s supposed to be. Our smartphones, on the other hand, are
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I’m just a middle-class country girl. I don’t own a fancy gown, and if we ever have steak, we have to use our steak knives to cut it. Chew it long enough and we call it “steak gum.” With 4 boys and 5 pets, I do things like clean stinky feet with wipies and walk
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Last week I spoke at the Global Summit on “Symbolic Power.” Sounds heady. But it’s really simple. Take a trip with me through a few of my favorite symbols… Symbols: God-given elements of communication that we can use to represent something deeper- to create a link between the physical and spiritual worlds to point to Jesus. Like
(click audio bar above to listen to this post) Your birthday is your day to be selfish. Eat your favorite breakfast on the couch with your purring cat on your lap, no chores, your favorite activities, and everyone serves you what you want the way you want it, right? At least…that’s what I’ve always thought. To
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(Click on the audio bar above to hear this blog post.) There are many books I want to write in my lifetime. Many about communication. But there’s one book I had to write first. In the next few weeks it will be available on Amazon.com. Four years ago I was shocked when I tested positive for
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As we continue through Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, we turn the pages of my new devotional, The Faith to Free-Fall, past the first chapter, “Shock,” to the second chapter- “Anger.” Though I wrote this devo specifically for women anticipating undergoing a mastectomy, I believe we’ve all been angry at times when things haven’t turned out the
My trunk is full of groceries as I pull up to the corner and turn on my blinker. Out of the corner of my eye I see a man standing near me, leaning on a cane, wearing a black coat and a hat to ward off the cold wind. He’s selling newspapers for $1. I
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(Let’s pretend we’re sitting down for coffee and I’m telling you this story 🙂 Click the audio link above.) Every one of us is a storyteller. We tell stories to friends over a cup of coffee, stories to our kids while we’re tucking them into bed, stories to co-workers, relatives, neighbors. Some stories make us wince
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(to hear the audio recording of this post, click on the link above) My husband, Brian, asked me to marry him on our 4th date. That’s crazy. We didn’t even know each other. And I said yes, which is even crazier. He had no idea I couldn’t throw a Frisbee straight to save my life,
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