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Building a Rock-Solid Legacy of Faith
Four generations of my family gathered this week at my parents’ home. My mom and dad longed to see their first great-grandchild, but cannot make the long highway drive to go to him. So, I traveled from...
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3 Ways to Pass Faith Down with Purpose
We are just one generation away from godlessness. This sobering statement is unfortunately true. Last week we began a series on passing down a spiritual legacy. Today, we’ll see we must be purposeful...
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Celebrating Ice Cream
I’m supposed to be working on a different post. But I just found out that tomorrow is National Ice Cream Day. So, I couldn’t resist writing a quick blog about ice cream and sharing a recipe. In 1984,...
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Lions and Tigers and Bears! Praise God!
When was the last time you praised God for His creation? How long has it been since you stood in amazement at His power and creativity? Recently, I was reminded that our Creator is indeed awesome!...
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Advertising executives design television commercials to sell their product. One way they do this is by finding common ground with the viewer and exploiting their emotions to move them to pull out their...
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Why I’m Not Sending Christmas Cards this Year
If I’m remembering correctly, I’ve sent cards to friends and family every Christmas since the year Wayne and I married. That would make 30 Decembers in a row. I even remained faithful to the task...
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Only 3 Things Really Needed this Christmas
Do you ever feel as if you’ve lost control of Christmas? Has shopping, decorating, wrapping, cooking, and cleaning overwhelmed you? We can easily allow the busyness of the season to push the reason we...
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The “First You Make a Roux” Method of Spiritual Mentoring
Born and raised in the “tasty” state of Louisiana, I’ve been making gumbo, etouffee, and jambalaya for my family for years. Our daughters now make jambalaya, but none of them have made a dish on their...
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4 Ways to Pass Down a Spiritual Legacy
A legacy is inevitable. You will pass things down to the next generation. Even if you don’t have much materially to leave behind, you will instill character traits, talents, hobbies, skills and more...
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The Birds, The Beast, and an Empty Nest
Four baby barn swallows peered over the edge of the mud nest on a wall in a corner of our patio, eagerly waiting for their mother to return with breakfast. I had a really good view of the feathered...
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My Oldest Christmas Memory
My earliest Christmas memory is from the mid 1960’s. I was only three or four. My parents and I went next door to visit the neighbors during Christmas week. We admired their Christmas tree and my dad...
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A Sad and Joyful Goodbye
We spent the weekend celebrating the life of my father-in-law John Howard. Born May 27, 1927, he passed from this earthly shadow life into the reality of eternity on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (See...
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Today’s My Birthday. Am I “Old” Now?
Today is my birthday. I am 55 years old. Some days I feel old. Some days I feel like I’m just getting started good. But this specific number – “55” – comes with an “old age” stigma. I keep thinking...
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Family Recipe: Chicken and Dumplings
I just completed a fun project. I used Shutterfly to create a memory cookbook for our grown children. The book includes photos of my husband’s parents and his mom’s recipes we all loved most. I...
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Refocusing Christmas
My big, beautiful 7 foot tall Christmas tree is sitting at the end of the driveway this morning waiting for the garbage truck. Every December, for almost a decade, it graced a prominent spot in our...
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Changes Ahead
Some of you read this blog regularly. Over the years, you’ve read about my family and my travels and my ministry. And you’ve shared with me. And even though most of us have not met face to face, we...
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The Case of Mistaken Location
I’ve basically been living out of a suitcase for the last year. If I added up the days at home and the days away, the days away would probably win. A death in the family, the arrival of two grand...
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A Century Old Bible and a Legacy of Faith
For the last few months, my brother and I have been working to move my parents from Louisiana to Tennessee. Mom and Dad’s health took a nosedive last summer and they need to be closer to one of their...
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3 Reasons I Plan to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
I have a fresh interest in St. Patrick’s Day this year. Since last March 17th I discovered that I’m sort of Irish! For Christmas, Wayne gave me a DNA kit from Ancestry.com. It was something I’d been...
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Saying Goodbye to My Childhood Home
I watched as the last of my parents’ belongings were loaded on the moving truck and began the long journey from Louisiana to Tennessee. Except for a stray roll of packing tape and a few water bottles...
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