Friendship

And, Now, We’re Moving On…

Date: August 25, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Prayer, Relationship

This week we took our oldest daughter to college. It was a new experience for us; both exciting and weird. For those of you who have gone before us in this part of life, you might have a better word than weird. Unfortunately, I’m still in the process of processing…

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Need a New Point of View?

Date: July 7, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Expectations, Friendship, Overwhelmed

While in Arizona, we made our way to the bank to get some change for laundry. We were making small talk with the teller and she asked where we were going. We mentioned our destinations and told her the Grand Canyon was one of the highlights. To my amusement she…

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Celebrating Life!

Date: July 3, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Prayer, Relationship, Simplify

Today is our final day of our 26-day trip in our RV. I literally woke up with a pit in my stomach just thinking about it coming to an end. It has been a joy and a privilege to spend this time together as a family. Our family of five…

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Seeing God in a New Way

Date: June 17, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Faith, Friendship, General Assembly, Peace, Relationship, Stories, Trust

It was the summer after fourth grade when my family took a trip out west for a church meeting my dad was attending. It was an emotional time as we were in the process of moving from Ohio to New Jersey and yet we had excitement over a trip. Five…

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A Poem: Peace

Date: February 27, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Peace, Stories

I wrote this poem about peace while I was in college. I thought I’d share with you today as we live among chaos in this world… Peace What is peace?  It is the feeling of security although you don’t see it The calm after the storm The bugle’s cry at…

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Do You Need to Make Time for God?

Date: July 22, 2017
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Categories: Being Transparent, Bible Study, Consistency, Expectations, Faith, Friendship, Relationship, Simplify

Is summer a schedule changer for you? Are you having to pencil in time to see your best friend because of vacations? Not seeing your regular peeps at church because of people going different places? I know as a mom of 3 teenagers, summer is filled with many different activities…

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Why You Should Go on a Missions Trip

Date: July 13, 2017
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Categories: Church of the Nazarene, Faith, Friendship, Relationship, Stories

Missions has always been part of my life as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Nazarene church and I remember reading missionary books that came out every year about missionaries around the world. It was fascinating to me how you could so easily see God working…

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Holy Week — Are You in the Dark?

Date: April 15, 2017
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Categories: Being Transparent, Death, Expectations, Faith, Friendship, Israel, Prayer, Relationship

This is the week of Passover: Holy Week. The Jews have been celebrating Passover ever since they left Egypt so many years ago and made their way to the Promised Land. The idea of Passover was for them to remember where it was they once came from and to celebrate the…

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Don’t Put It Off: Just Do It

Date: February 15, 2017
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Categories: Being Transparent, Death, Friendship, Relationship, Stories

There have been way too many times I have thought, “Oh, that will be fine to wait until tomorrow, I can do it later.” Or, “I might have something to say, but they don’t need to hear one more compliment.” I have some sobering news for you: death is right around…

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