Posted: January 26, 2025
My son came home from school a few weeks ago and told me he and a friend had read through my posts and although he did not care, they noticed he had not been mentioned in any of them (I am sorry buddy!). It was unintentional, but I thought a good first post for the
Continue Reading “The joy in helping others”
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Posted: September 2, 2024
As this weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, it’s a great time to reflect on ways you’ve grown, and what you have learned in this past season. Hopefully you had a good summer! Mine was the busiest summer I’ve ever had. In all honesty, this is the first time I’m not fully dreading summer
Continue Reading “But, are you really listening?”
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Posted: July 28, 2024
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches
Continue Reading “Planting God’s word in the hearts of others”
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Posted: July 6, 2024
The other day, my daughter and I were walking by the river when we were stopped by an elderly couple. The man was pointing to a turtle on a log and asked us if we could see it. We stopped, looked, and said yes, we could. For the next minute or two, he pointed out
Continue Reading “Extending the kindness of Jesus”
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Posted: June 28, 2024
How often do you notice your mind wandering and playing what-if scenarios in a given day? In Chapter 2, Struggles, I discussed the never-ending trail the what-if game can take us on. By going down this path, we deny ourselves the opportunity to live in the moment, and more importantly, we’re forgetting to rely on God. In Jeremiah
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Posted: May 16, 2024
Last summer in one of my posts I mentioned how incredible God is as he sends us the right words exactly when we need them most. He is so amazing! Today I spent time sitting outside (in one of my favorite places) reading and reflecting on the importance of recalling good memories, even from difficult
Continue Reading “Retain or Release”
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Posted: May 6, 2024
In my classroom on Fridays, we start class by sharing a “Fri-yay”. Each person shares a celebration of something good that happened during the week or something they’re looking forward to the coming weekend. Then, we clap to celebrate each person! By the time class begins, most are smiling. This tradition started years ago, almost
Continue Reading “All in one moment”
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Posted: January 13, 2024
If you had a chance to choose a word, song, and bible verse for the year, I hope you are off to a great start of finding strength within your song and bible verse! Where I live, we’ve had about 24 inches of snow in a 72-hour period (I don’t know the official total, but
Continue Reading “Strengthening our spiritual muscles…”
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Posted: January 4, 2024
Happy New Year! Although a new year is often a continuation of our plans from the previous year, it’s also a good time to focus on the positive changes we want to make in our lives. As usual, on January 1st I started to write my goals for the year, and they were pretty standard:
Continue Reading “Rebuilding in the moment”
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Posted: November 13, 2023
I hope all are doing well! It’s hard to believe there are less than 50 days left in 2023 -the year went by so quickly! As the end of the year is nearing, I’ve been reflecting on this past year and the ways God has moved in my life, what he has revealed to me and
Continue Reading “Healing the “burnt out” pieces”
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