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Small Stuff, Big Stuff, and the Power of Beautiful Belief in Marriage

In high school, I discovered watercolor painting. It was love at first practice. I eagerly invested time, lessons, and supplies to become like seasoned watercolorists whose extraordinary works of art I admired. Though I was passionate about this medium, I soon discovered it wasn’t as easy as it looked. Too much or too little water create…

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5 Ways to Grow Creativity in Your Children

You know the name George Washington Carver, right? You know he invented a crazy number of products from the lowly peanut. But do you know that he talked to God constantly as he worked in his laboratory? His conversations went something like this: “Lord God, you made the peanut. You know every molecule. You know all…

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Learning to Trust God in the Midst of Darkness

At age 28 I experienced my first significant encounter with a side of God that was as unknown to me as the dark side of the moon. Up until that day my life had proceeded “normally” in the light … until one fateful June morning. One bright summer morning in early June, enthusiasm for a…

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Your Home Matters … And So, Dear Woman, You Matter

Opening an old journal I found on the shelf, I found these words in my handwriting: “I really wanted to go to the meetings this morning, but here I am being a mother. Mothering doesn’t stop. Their needs don’t stop. Sick kids can’t be delegated. So once again I’m isolated and he, my husband, is not.” I…

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20 Reasons Your Home Matters

Each of you woke this morning in your version of home: a two-story townhome, a one-level ranch, a fixer-upper, an urban high-rise, a studio apartment. Whatever it might look like to you, it’s a place called home for everyone living there. Here are 20 reasons that the work you do within those walls—morning after morning,…

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Your Home Matters … Even When It Feels Chaotic

Do you wish your home were more peaceful? I sure did when all six of my kids lived at home. Even when only two were left, it still wasn’t peaceful the way I wanted it to be. You see I wanted everyone to get along and like each other. All. The. Time. I wanted an…

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