My mom has always told me, “Faith is a gift”. I remember her saying this when I was young and then thinking, “Why do some people get the gift and other people don’t?” It didn’t seem fair. As I’ve gotten older I have begun to see what she means. Faith is a gift. St. Paul
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Religion?
Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That’s what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the years ahead. Neale Donald Walsch Tomorrow’s God My kids are growing up. This means many things. Based on our dinner conversation tonight, one of the things it means is that they
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Tebow is in the flow
picture from http://www.9news.com/news/article/235462/72/Tebowing-becomes-officially-recognized-as-a-word Sorry but I can’t help myself. I need to write about Tebow again. I’m captivated! Tebow is in the flow. (Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of
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Love and Marriage…Love and Marriage…
I figured I should write about marriage this week for two reasons. It’s my wedding anniversary this weekend. In Bible study this week, we talked about when God created man and woman and how they were meant to fit together like a puzzle. (Those are my words but it’s what I felt when I read
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Drifting
Sometimes I forget who I am and I need to be reminded. This is my top ten list of things I want to remember. Faith – Faith in Jesus, faith that it is “as it should be” and faith in me. Love – As in, don’t just talk about it, do it. Love is
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“Watch me!”
We have been at the pool a lot lately. My son loves to go off the diving boards. He spends hours alternating between the low dive and the high dive. Each time he gets on the board, he looks over to me and gives me the thumbs up. When I give him the thumbs up,
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Fight or Flight… or Faith?
In November of 1994, I was held up at gunpoint. I lived in the city. I was walking alone at night and a man came up with a gun and said “give me your bag”. I gave him my bag and then I ran as fast as I could. It changed everything. For months after
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Bieber Fever
OMG! I have Bieber Fever! I saw the movie “Never Say Never” about Justin Bieber. It was A-w-e-s-o-m-e! And in 3D! Seriously, I feel 12 again. I was happy to see J.B. has talent. He is not just some pretty boy who fit the suit. (Like Greg Brady as Johnny Bravo) He plays the piano,
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Hope
My stomach hurts from laughing last night. My throat hurts from talking too. The band was loud and I was shouting and at one point, my husband leaned over and said, you haven’t stopped talking all night. (Of course, he didn’t mean this in a bad way…) I guess I hadn’t been out in awhile.