Category > faith in action

Hide and Seek

Hi, I’m peeking my head out of my writing cave to share a great story that happened the other day. Have you ever tried to hide from people? Hide from God? Yeah. Me too. Didn’t work so well. I was trying to hide. I just wanted to sit and write and not see anyone I [...]

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I did what I could

I find that when God has a lesson for me to learn, it becomes a running theme in my life. Everywhere I turn, I hear the same message – at church, in my Bible study, in my reading, at conferences I attend. He speaks the message so often, through so many venues, that I can’t [...]

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Change of perspective

Have you entered the DaySpring giveaway yet? There’s still time, go comment on this post! The evening after I dropped off 3 diet cokes and cookies to my friend, a cloud of discouragement and guilt rolled in as quickly as a summer thunderstorm. The storm’s winds dissipated the joy I experienced from reaching out to [...]

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Getting up Gracefully

We woke up yesterday to ice-covered streets. But we breed ‘em tough up here, and school wasn’t even delayed. I bobbled my way down to the bus stop with the kids, and I nearly made it home before my feet slipped out from under me. With arms and legs flailing, I landed in a snow [...]

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Change of location

              This week, every time I try to get something done, roadblocks pop up like moles in an arcade game. I feel like I’ve spent the week whacking moles on the head, but haven’t actually accomplished anything. So this afternoon after a couple hours at the coffee shop and [...]

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Have you ESC?

We recently purchased a much-needed, new-to-me vehicle. I can now sneak out of the neighborhood without all of my neighbors hearing my transmission’s screams of death. The new vehicle came with a anti-lock brakes. Although we’ve had a mild winter in Michigan, over the past couple weeks, I’ve been thankful for those vibrating brakes under [...]

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New Clothes

I recently was shopping for a belated birthday present for my five-year-old niece. I picked up a hooded sweatshirt and jeans and thought to myself, “Oh, no. I’m turning into one of those boring aunts who buys clothes and not something fun.” I comforted my ego with the fact that at least the clothes had [...]

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Staying Steady: Prayer

              Last week, I posted at Circle of Friends about how one of my goals for 2012 was to stay more consistently disciplined in all areas of my life, with new daily habits of discipline as opposed to catch-up habits. I have a pattern, as I do when I [...]

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Resolution: don’t live like I drive

My husband doesn’t like my driving. I really can’t blame him. It’s not that I’m reckless, I’m just not that good at it. I tend to get distracted, writing stories in my head and people-watching other drivers. Is he picking his nose or just adjusting his glasses? Is she really putting on her lipstick while [...]

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Memory Verses A-Z

It’s hard to believe that 2011 is nearly over. For me, it was a year of taking big steps forward in fulfilling some writing dreams. God met me in some exciting ways, and one of those meetings occurred this past summer when I met my new friend Cindy at the Speak Up with Confidence Seminar [...]

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