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April 7, 2017

#FindingJoy Linkup

This past week I’ve started a 5-Min of Faith Facebook Live. It’s both an attempt to get to know each of you better as well as to overcome my fear of being on camera. A good friend often says you...


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Published on April 07, 2017 05:00

April 2, 2017

3 Books to Challenge Your Idea of Christ & Grace

Grace is one of the simplest, yet most difficult to grasp, concepts of Christianity. A gift given, no strings attached. Yet, we keep adding demands, to-do-lists,  unreachable goals and declaring that Jesus is not enough. We approach the Bible like...


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Published on April 02, 2017 18:00

March 31, 2017

#FindingJoy Linkup is Back

As our household returns to a new normal following the husband’s surgery I’m spending more time back on the blog. I’ve brought back the weekly #FindingJoy Linkup and can’t wait to see what you have been up to. We’ve been...


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Published on March 31, 2017 05:00

March 28, 2017

Celebrating Cancer Free

When I first became a mom, I thought that the longest wait would be the 9 months of anticipation before my child arrived. I could not have foreseen the waiting rooms, doctor visits, or the long uncertain nights. If I...


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Published on March 28, 2017 07:24

March 20, 2017

Lost & Found: Losing Religion, Finding Grace

If time could stand still I would tell it to. These kids are growing up fast. I miss the magic kisses that solved scraped knees, the hugs that lasted for 30 minutes, and even the underfoot toddler who kept crawling into...


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Published on March 20, 2017 06:00

March 18, 2017

Lessons from Beauty and the Beast

Movie Reviews are not my normal but Beauty and the Beast is anything but normal. I had no idea how excited I was about this movie until yesterday. I asked my husband at least 5 times if he had purchased...


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Published on March 18, 2017 10:51

Lesson’s from Beauty and the Beast

Movie Reviews are not my normal but Beauty and the Beast is anything but normal. I had no idea how excited I was about this movie until yesterday. I asked my husband at least 5 times if he had purchased...


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Published on March 18, 2017 10:51

March 9, 2017

When Leaders Fail Us…

We all have our stories. Times where we have put our hope in leaders only to be disappointed. Times, when we as leaders, have disappointed others. In the current political climate of America, one does not have to look far...


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Published on March 09, 2017 08:37

March 4, 2017

Curvy & Confident

Confidence. That word and I have an elusive relationship. I’ve struggled with my weight since high school. It was in high school that I valued the wafer thin look, I worked out two sometimes three times a day. I lettered...


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Published on March 04, 2017 10:40

January 31, 2017

History & Future of our Mexican American Border

During the election, my 6th grader was transfixed. Every morning he would wake up and watch various news stations to follow the elections. He started off with a favorite candidate and through the course of a few months and avid...


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Published on January 31, 2017 07:26