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What the Bible does NOT say about Parenting
Every parent wants to raise happy, well-adjusted and successful children. Toward that end, I regularly consulted books full of child-rearing advice during times of parental angst. I also wondered...
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How to Enjoy a Full Life
How would you describe your life? Busy? Successful? Boring? (Hopefully not.) Stressful? (Probably a little.) Or full? When I was expecting my first child, a wise co-worker gave me the best...
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Up, Please
My twenty-one month old grandson, Oliver, while possessing only a limited verbal repertoire, is an excellent communicator. The other day, he grabbed my finger, which means, “I need something from...
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Who is Watching Whom?
When we were young, my siblings and I felt that a “Kids’ Day” was missing from the holiday calendar. After all, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were officially recognized, so it made sense to us that...
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Launching, Living and Landing
Some days I feel like I’m living in a transportation hub, like an airport, with family members in various life stages launching and landing all around me. When I travel (literally, not metaphorically),...
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Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, and a Mid-life Crisis: A Guide to Reading...
Do you ever struggle to understand individual books, chapters or verses of the Bible? Most of us do. The sixty-six books of the Bible were written over roughly 1500 years by many different authors in...
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“I Drive”
“I drive,” says our grandson as he gleefully establishes himself behind the wheel. Never mind that he’s two years old and can’t even reach the gas pedal. I imagine him thinking, “How hard can this...
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What I’ve Learned from Thirty Years of Parenting
Thirty years ago my husband received an unbeatable birthday gift. On July 14, 1985, my husband’s birthday, our daughter was born, and we became parents. As time went on we had two boys to complete...
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Robin Inspired Gratitude
There is a mama robin raising a chick or two in the nest she created right above a light on our deck. The last time we observed this scenario, in the exact same spot, I identified a little too much...
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