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Sharing the OBX love.
What a week we’ve had here in the OBX! The kids have enjoyed their cousins. They’ve learned how to surf and gotten some nuggets of truth from God’s word. We’ve met some great new friends. Watched...
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I am an unchurched Christian.
I am ashamed to say it, but it’s true. For the better part of the last five years, our family has spent very little time in church—I couldn’t even call us irregular attendees. What gives? I mean, I am...
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The Day After. Day 7
It sounds like the title of a sci fi movie…The Day After. The election is over. All the analysts are still trying to analyze. The people have spoken and there you have it. I generally avoid discussing...
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Thanksgiving Every Day. Day 19
It is a chilly, gray and drizzly start to Thanksgiving week here in South Carolina. And as I look out the window, I find myself remembering when we lived in Iowa and it seemed that every day from...
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For when you don’t know what to say.
I have started, stopped, deleted, and restarted this post about 15 times. I’ve wanted to write, but my heart has felt so heavy and I just didn’t know what to say or if I should even say anything at...
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What now?
Like so many of you, I am still reeling from the events of last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. There are really no words to adequately describe the horror and the sadness and there is no way I can...
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How do you fight that post-holiday funk?
Round and round and round she goes. Where she stops… Wait, what do you mean, “where she stops?” She never stops!! The merry-go-round of life never stops. And though it seems totally insane at times,...
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Relativity
I do realize that cold is relative, but right now in my sleepy South Carolina town, it is 32 degrees this morning. In frigid Midwest terms, I’d say that would be, oh, probably about 15 degrees with a...
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I just call it good parenting.
I remember when I was about 12 years old and I would spend all day in the summertime at the neighborhood swimming pool. I would ride my suh-weet pink 10-speed there, by myself, wind in my hair, towel...
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Getting Fit Fridays {vol. 8}–Yawn.
Whining ahead. You have been warned. TRUTH: I woke up tired this morning. Not just tired—sleepy. My knees are achy. My feet hurt. My shoulders are sore. And I am feeling over-extended in most areas of...
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Not Just a Rainbow
As I was driving in the car a few weeks ago, I saw a rainbow. Not just any old run of the mill rainbow, but a full on entire rainbow. From one side of the sky to the other. Brilliant … Continue reading →
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The Legacy
“God’s purpose was to do such a deep work in Job that every generation after him would benefit from it.” ~Bob Sorge, The Fire of Delayed Answers Through the fires of this life and the waiting for God’s...
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Willing Captive
“One of the purposes of prison is to give the prisoner great quantities of time to spend with the Lord. If we were free, we would be quite distracted with the affairs of our life. But with little else...
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Being real with God.
“Lord, all I’ve got today is tears.” He said, “Then give me your tears.” ~Bob Sorge, The Fire of Delayed Answers I try very hard in my life to be real. To be transparent. And I am always drawn to …...
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In our acceptance, we can wait.
When I was growing up, I never saw either of my parents take a drink. Though there was that time I found a bottle of blackberry (or some kind of berry) wine tucked away under the kitchen sink. It...
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I am a screw up.
It is confession time. I went to the gym this morning and then promptly came home and decided to live dangerously and totally negate my morning workout by eating a big ole spoonful (okay, two) of raw...
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Giants of Faith.
Do you ever look around you and really admire the people that God has placed in your life? Whether they are family, life-long friends or friends He brings you only for a season, look at those people...
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Relativity
I do realize that cold is relative, but right now in my sleepy South Carolina town, it is 32 degrees this morning. In frigid Midwest terms, I’d say that would be, oh, probably about 15 degrees with a...
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I just call it good parenting.
I remember when I was about 12 years old and I would spend all day in the summertime at the neighborhood swimming pool. I would ride my suh-weet pink 10-speed there, by myself, wind in my hair, towel...
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Getting Fit Fridays {vol. 8}–Yawn.
Whining ahead. You have been warned. TRUTH: I woke up tired this morning. Not just tired—sleepy. My knees are achy. My feet hurt. My shoulders are sore. And I am feeling over-extended in most areas of...
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