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Hearth & Home: Faith and Your Lasting Legacy
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Saturday, September 14, 2013. Faith and Your Lasting Legacy. She wasn't the well-educated, intellectual type. She simply sought to know God and devour scripture because she didn't think she really knew enough about him (do any of us? She loved my grandfather in a way I'm not sure I'll ever be able to emulate. I consider her life and the others in our families who have diligently taught us the faith, and I look at my own family,...
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Hearth & Home: Relationships and a cup of tea
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Relationships and a cup of tea. These words were shared during a talk I gave at our church's Ladies' Tea event last week. Grab a warm cup of tea and enjoy the read! A few years ago I read about this study. The book of proverbs has a funny way of putting it. It says,. Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox." (Proverbs 14:4). Paul goes on to give us...
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Hearth & Home: "We Need to Hurry"
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Sunday, July 28, 2013. We Need to Hurry". Vera sees the world differently than I do. She thinks about stars hiding behind trees as we drive home. I think about how long the grass has gotten. Probably the biggest difference is the way we understand time. For me, time is the enemy. We are always at odds. There is not enough time. I am never on time. This is taking too much time. Time is simply life being lived. Get in my car seat.
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Hearth & Home: Husbands, You Create Culture
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Husbands, You Create Culture. Do you like to make an entrance? Do you imagine being a Late Night Show host with a band that blares out an entrance song as you walk through opening curtains to applause. No, really, thank YOU! I've got to admit I've watched baseball players stroll to the plate with a hand-picked entrance song blaring and thought, I want to walk into a meeting that way. Listen. It ma...
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Hearth & Home: Friends Don't Let Friends Pray Alone
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Sunday, August 25, 2013. Friends Don't Let Friends Pray Alone. I never thought much about prayer in groups, probably because I had never done it apart from praying a 5 minute prayer at a bible study or in church. But God intends for us to pray both individually and together as his people. Many instances of prayer in the bible are group prayers, most notably the Lord's Prayer ( our. Father, not my. Encourage balanced prayer....
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Hearth & Home: The Lord Has Compassion
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Saturday, October 5, 2013. The Lord Has Compassion. My three-year-old likes to run away from me. I made the mistake once of chasing after her and laughing about it like it was a joke. Believe it or not, she still thinks it's a joke. The other evening I was holding her toothbrush asking her to come back when she ran, giggling, directly toward the door jam. This is why you should listen to me. Thankfully, Grace doesn't work that ...
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Hearth & Home: Rethinking Christmas Giving
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Friday, November 29, 2013. Is officially over and Christmas is almost here! Last year I had a guest post on a friend's blog on holiday giving, challenging us all to give more simply and make a difference for the poor and hurting of the world. An excerpt is below. Would you like to make your Christmas simple and affordable? Try some of these tips and challenge others in your giving circles to do the same. . . . . If you are loca...
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Hearth & Home: Celebrating Advent at Home
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Friday, November 14, 2014. Celebrating Advent at Home. Advent is a special time in our family. The word advent means coming. And it's the time of year where we celebrate the coming of the Christ child. Before Christmas, we quiet our hearts and let the simple, yet miraculous story of Christmas sink in. We humble ourselves at the thought of God coming to us in human form, a child. Download the 25-day advent cards here. Use an adv...
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Hearth & Home: This is Not My Child
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Friday, July 19, 2013. This is Not My Child. In one sense, parenthood is a gradual giving away of one's own child. If all goes according to design, a parent guides his child on a journey from complete dependence to autonomy. On Sunday I baptized my son, and as much joy as that brought our family, it felt like giving him away - all at once. Ultimately, God did not create Dante to bring me. Joy, but to bring God joy. This child n...
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Hearth & Home: On Being Thankful
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May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Saturday, November 23, 2013. I have been going through a bible study. Focused on thankfulness over the past two weeks. After coming head-to-head with some of the most well-known scriptures on thanksgiving and gratitude, I am beginning to understand how limited my view of thankfulness really is. I'm learning a lot and since it is timely, I'd like to share some thoughts as we approach this week and the Thanksgiving holiday. When ...
