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Faith & Relationships
Rita Schulte

Five Easy Ways to Simplify Your Life

By Rita Schulte – Stop for a moment and take a good hard look at your life. It’s a hot mess. You’re over-committed, overwhelmed, you don’t know how to say no, you have way too much stuff, too little time and no idea how to organize all the things that

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Faith & Relationships
Carol Doyel

The Blessing of Being a “Mimi”

By Carol Doyel – I’m a busy woman, like many women I know, we have full lives!  I love it and I’m not complaining but I have more things on my list then there seems to be time for in the day. I’m an eternal optimist and I’ve always thought that

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Women of Faith Blogs
Kathy Howard

Loose Lips Sink Ships and Ruin Lots of Other Stuff Too

By Kathy Howard – During wartime, soldiers and sailors have to carefully watch what they say. Sometimes what they think are harmless, casual remarks can give the enemy information to use against them. For instance, sailors on shore leave can get too chatty and accidentally spill facts that lead to

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Women of Faith Blogs
My Purpose Now

Profiles in (RE)Purpose-Eunice

By Cheri Cowell— We first hear of Eunice during Paul’s second missionary journey. We don’t learn about her directly, but indirectly through Paul and her famous son, Timothy. In Scripture we read that a young man named Timothy “who was the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but

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Women of Faith Blogs
Poppy Smith

You Can Thrive – Take Care of Yourself!

“Poppy, I’m sorry to tell you this,” said my doctor, “but our tests show you’re no longer considered glucose intolerant. You’re officially a diabetic. This means you need to pay attention to your diet. You absolutely must exercise, watch your stress, and get adequate rest.  And, by the way, watch

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Faith & Relationships
lb50

Getting Intentional About Female Friendship

By Diane Gage Lofgren and Margaret Bhola – Just before New Year’s Eve, Jeanice, 61, picked up a book on her nightstand that Leanne, her friend from her dance studio in Orlando, Florida, had given her for Christmas. Jeanice read the intro and the first chapter of Women I Want

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Faith
Amy Layne Litzelman

Against All Odds

By Amy Layne Litzelman – (Excerpt from This Beloved Road: A Journey of Revelation and Worship) “Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child! For the [spiritual] children of the desolate one will be more

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Women of Faith Blogs
My Purpose Now

Profiles in (RE)Purpose-Phoebe

By Cheri Cowell— Phoebe is only mentioned once in the Bible. It is believed that Phoebe was entrusted with the task of hand-delivering Paul’s Letter to the Romans. In Romans 16:1-2 Paul recommends that the leaders of the Roman church receive Phoebe with the respect accorded a minister of the church.

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Relationship Blogs
Barbara J. Peters

Relationship Tip: Renew the Contact In Your Relationship

Does it sound a little odd to you to think of a relationship like a contact sport? Yet it is very exciting to touch and be touched. Couples desire touch. They want it, crave it, and need it, but many times just don’t have it. Touch dissipates in many relationships,

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Faith & Relationships
Laura Petherbridge

Daddy’s Little Girl

By Laura Petherbridge – Father’s Day hasn’t always been an enjoyable experience for me. My parents divorced when I was 8 years old. Before they separated I was, “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but after the divorce the time with my father was limited. That, plus the addition of a new stepmother

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Relationship Blogs
Barbara J. Peters

The Best Way To Say I Love You: Time Spent

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Love makes the world go ’round.” But does it? Yes! Love is important in any relationship, so it makes sense that the topic of love comes up in my practice with couples. When I ask a client to define love, I know that’s not an

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Relationship Blogs
lb50

Finding Comfort—Everyone Needs Their Place

By Beth Havey – My two-year-old grandson held out his blanket to me: “Make me a hay barrel,” he said in a voice needing comfort.  Unfamiliar with such a request, I hesitated. “A hay barrel,” he said again, attempting to wrap the thin fabric around his small hands. Gently I

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Faith & Relationships
Vicki Norris

REkindle: Reclaiming Work & Play to Refuel Your Soul

Have you ever just been frustrated that the very things you WANT to do are the things that you find the least time for? Do you wonder when it’s YOUR TURN? Would you just like a break from it all, and catch up on all the things you’ve “been meaning

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Relationship Blogs
Barbara J. Peters

Hard Work on Your Relationship Can Pay Off!

We all know that hard work usually pays off. In our jobs especially, we get rewarded for a job well done, maybe by a bonus, salary increase or some other kind of recognition. There is another way hard work can be a benefit. I recently returned from Greenville, South Carolina

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Relationship Blogs
Vicki Norris

RE-Allocate: Choosing Your Destiny One Decision at a Time

It’s amazing how many things we just do reflexively. We operate in a numbed state of obligatory living dragging ourselves from work to unending chores. We are too tired to find joy in the little things because our fuel tank has been running on empty for too long. Many of

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Faith
Lynn Mosher

In My Darkness, You Are My Light!

By Lynn Mosher – When the clouds of disappointment, heartache, and circumstances roll in to darken our day, what do we do? Whine and complain? Doubt and worry? Question God? But what does scripture tell us? “Blessed is the people knowing the joyful sound; O Jehovah, they shall walk in

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Faith
Heidi McLaughlin

Invisible Coyotes

By Heidi McLaughlin – There are coyotes out there dad”, said the three year old boy, “They are going to come into the house and hurt us.” The dad walked to the window, looked for a long time and then said, “OK then I better go and get my gun

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Faith
Diane Bailey

The Sale of the 1644 Hymnal

By Diane Bailey – In today’s Washington Times, there is an article about a Bay Psalm hymnal from 1640 going up for auction and expected to bring about whopping $30 million dollars! It is up for auction by Boston’s Old South Church, a church where Samuel Adams was a member

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Faith
Amy Layne Litzelman

Greater Than Our Frailty

By Amy Layne Litzelman – “Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.” Psalm 147:7-8 I’ve heard a number of my Christian friends say recently,

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