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I’m starting a new series on change this month. Be sure to check out new thoughts each week as I wrestle with teaching this idea to my students and living it out in my own life. January (which I just spelled Janurary) is over. This also means a new semester is well under way. Seeing as my spelling is suffering, you might be able to tell that my head is
I did it. I blogged 12 times in one month. I was super proud of myself and did a little dance; then I took a little break. However, it quickly dawned on me that I needed to blog…. again. I’m not blogging 12 times in a month again any time soon. It remains fuzzy to me why I chose to make that a goal during the season of advent and
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I grabbed Sabrina Ward Harrison’s The True and the Questions this morning for permission to delve into a time of reflection. This week makes room for that as people take the rest of their vacation time and relax – or in our case, work on our homestead. (Yes. More planter boxes are going in… stay tuned.) As I paused from the morning routine, I ran across this prompt: “In the
“I’m not sure if people know what ‘home’ is anymore,” a fellow church member expressed during a conversation from earlier this year. This comment struck a cord with many as we nodded and contemplated the meaning of home. As the Christmas season is now upon us, I can’t help but consider home once again. Many consider the two to go hand-in-hand this time of year – home and Christmas. Some
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The 80s returned last night… in all their glory. My husband’s employer (which will remain nameless to protect those involved) had their first themed Christmas party and it was also the first time spouses were invited. As I crimped and hair-sprayed, I secretly wondered if this was a cruel joke and if we would be the only ones to show up in a full length sweater dress and neon jump
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I have reposted the most reprinted letter to the editor in history for number five. It shows that sometimes faith springs up from the most unexpected places. Even though the jolly guy in a red suit gets a bad rap at times for his naughty and nice list and gobs of toys, it is important to consider what this actual man stood for and believed in, so that we too
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Sarah Ban Breathnach writes, “There is a woman still at large – charmed and dangerous. She waves her clever hand over a room and it looks like a page from House Beautiful. She waves her creative hand over the fruits of the earth and a feast appears nightly. Her thumb is green, her herb vinegar is curing, her potpourri recipe is sought, her PTA cupcakes are from scratch, her Halloween
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The holiday season literally and voraciously swept in to Southern California this week. It was announced with gale force, hurricane-esq winds up to 80 mph on Wednesday night in the valley where we live. As we heard part of our deck lattice crack and fly off piece by piece, we watched flashes of green every five seconds light up our bedroom as we wondered if there was a wizarding war
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You may remember that in the summer A Beautiful Mess hosted an open mic/ art show evening. It was such a memorable event with amazing songs, art, and writing that we have decided to make it our holiday gathering this year around Winter Solstice. After all, what a gift to be able to share our own gifts and talents. And don’t we have enough random white elephant gifts laying around?
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“I can see it, it’s just that my feet feel like lead.” “Are you tired?” I am on the phone with my spiritual director. We are working with a vision where I’m trying to get up a hill – to a house – a house where I feel so safe and like there is no other place I belong but there. However, I can’t get there. Am I tired? I