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“Home is a vulnerable place, the location of the most tender practices of human relationships…. Continue reading Home

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Clever or Wise?

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” -Rumi Continue reading Clever or Wise?

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A time to sow…

“Things change. Seeds need replanting. It is what living looks like. May you find new soil in your lives and plant thriving seeds. ” ~Jane Kirkpatrick Continue reading A time to sow…

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Little Things

“If you take care of the small things,…” Continue reading Little Things

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Real life

“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own’, or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life – the life God is sending one day by day: what one calls one’s ‘real life’ is a phantom of one’s own imagination.” -from a 1943 letter … Continue reading Real life

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Life Lessons

“How far you go in life depends…” Continue reading Life Lessons

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How to live

“Help me to be less fearful…” Continue reading How to live

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Family Matters

It was a simple question. “So, how are things?” We had already been talking for quite a while and were getting ready to wrap up our conversation. But I felt a nudge and I asked. That was all it took. Only fifteen more minutes on the phone and in that short amount of time I was given a very realistic and painful picture of her … Continue reading Family Matters

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Gratitude

Gratitude is the sweet fragrance of an opening heart. -Anne Belton Continue reading Gratitude

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Go to Give

It had been months since we had last seen Ned and Dena  –  a delightful, fun-loving couple with their three precious children. They had been so welcoming to us in our last setting – inviting one of our children to a birthday party literally on the first day we met, and often including us in fellowship gatherings at their home. Their presence in our lives … Continue reading Go to Give

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