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I’m a Nice Person, Just Like You

I’m a Nice Person, Just Like You

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want…. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. Romans 7: 19, 21 Last week, I decided to study a word from 1 Peter 3:8–12, the passage Pastor...

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Family Saints for Friday

Family Saints for Friday

This week's Fantastic Friday post comes from way back in March of 2011. Four years later, my geranium slips are rooting in mason jars, and I'm as crazy about them as ever.. The Man of Steel, now four years older after celebrating another birthday on March 8, is as...

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Top Ten Reasons to Love Traveling

Top Ten Reasons to Love Traveling

Last week's top ten list was all about what drives me crazy about air travel. But now that I'm home after a wonderful trip, here are then things I love about traveling. 10. When your top-heavy suitcase tips over and bends the handle so badly it won't slide into place...

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Poor Jane; Poor, Poor Jane

Poor Jane; Poor, Poor Jane

Can it possibly be that Jane last made an appearance along this gravel road in July of last year? Yes, sorry to say, it's been that long. And since that post's report of on the sad lack of progress of the mystery novel bearing her name, Jane and her cast of characters...

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Top Ten Ways Air Travel Drives Me Crazy

Top Ten Ways Air Travel Drives Me Crazy

Tomorrow I'm getting on an airplane for Norfolk, VIrginia. That means most of today will be spent packing so that my bags meet the TSD requirements, which is just one of the 10 ways air travel drives me crazy these days. 10. Trying to cram into one zippered, clear...

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Special Needs Parenting: From Coping to Thriving Giveaway

Special Needs Parenting: From Coping to Thriving Giveaway

Dr. Lorna Bradley is the mother of an adult son with Asperger syndrome.and she's an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church. If that short description rings a bell, perhaps you read her Different Dream guest post about beauty in brokenness. Now she's combined...

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