Unsolicited advice

Dear various and sundry friends and neighbors,
God’s presence is all around you. I prayed that you would have eyes to see and ears to hear. And you see and hear Him, so honor Him, for He is your Lord. Don’t keep searching for answers in book or friend or drink or child. Your efforts to [...]

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Again with the Etsy shop! (a giveaway)

Well, Hubs has the Etsy shop open, and he’s participating in Bloggy Giveaways. Go enter.

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Remember that Etsy shop?

As I mentioned here, Hubs and I are working on a little Etsy venture to support Compassion International. We were inspired by the recent bloggy tour of Uganda as well as our church’s ties to the Anglican Church in Rwanda. We hope to start this venture by sponsoring Compassion Children in Rwanda; and we’ll see [...]

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Works for Me Wednesday - Scripture Memory

Shannon’s running a Greatest Hits edition of Works for me Wednesday today. This one, originally published in July 2007, is one of my faves. It ought to be fun to check out everyone’s favorite ideas.

A few years ago, my Bible study leader recommended keeping a 3X5 spiral notebook as a tool for scripture memorization. I [...]

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Have I mentioned that I like to pray?

I do. I really do. So, I’m gonna steal this idea from follow in my friend Bargain Shopper Lady’s footsteps and ask you if there is anything you would like me to pray for.
We are all so lucky to be able to approach the throne of grace with confidence and chat with the maker of [...]

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Have you seen this movie?

While Hubs was out Saturday evening, I watched a movie called End of the Spear. In my ‘approaching middle aged‘ state, I can no longer watch things that are completely dark and disturbing (as if that was ever really a good idea, but, hey, I was young and hip and trying to figure this whole [...]

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The year of aging gracefully

I’m gonna be 40 this year, people. I feel like I can sound pretty old and crotchety on this blog, but I look about 12 years old (ok, maybe 20 now) and I often feel about 4 years old inside (actually, I think that probably shows on this blog, too, darn it).
Being the introspective [...]

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Can I get a witness?

(aka God-posts #7)
If you did not follow BooMama and Shannon on their trip to Uganda with Compassion International, you have to check out these posts from their journey (grab a hankie):
Our Boy at Rocks in my Dryer
(couples so nicely with this)
A Grateful People from Boomama
And here are a few of my other favorite “God-posts” [...]

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The 12 prayers of Christmas

As my pretend BFF Beth Moore likes to say, “You got to deal with your stuff.”
And, oh, isn’t there something about having children that bubbles up all that stuff that needs to be dealt with? My pBFF pointed this out in Believing God (I think) when she noted that Enoch first begat Methuselah, then he [...]

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Word

For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
~Deut. 23:14
Thought I’d share a little jewel from my current Bible study, Beth Moore’s newly revised [...]

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