I am independent. Stubborn. Smug. Love myself. Hate to fail. Take-charge. Crushed one potential boyfriend when I said “I don’t need you.” (He wasn’t satisfied with being wanted.) Don’t need help. I can handle it. Have the right answers. All this? The world says it’s a recipe for success. Then God ripped off the blindfold.…

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Today, as I was hunting for my mailing tape for the eleventeenth time I began muttering under my breath about how nothing stays where I put it any more because of those kids. And that led to this list. The Buried in the Fine Print Not-So-Good Nothing is off-limits. Your kids will touch everything. They…

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“Much of contemporary evangelism is woefully deficient when it comes to confronting people with the reality of their sin. Preachers offer people happiness, joy, fulfillment, and everything positive. Present-day Christians are taught that all they have to do is find a person’s psychological needs then offer Jesus as a panacea for whatever the problem is.…

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Better late than never, right? I have always looked forward to the Saturday Evening Blog Post weekend… until this weekend when I actually forgot about it. I guess that means my computer is not actually super-glued to me. I chose to link up a post I wrote on the battle I’ve waged against worry. I’ve…

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Scene One: Riding in the Van to School Beautiful fall day, windows down, music playing at an audible-with-windows-down level and faded front (so it’s quieter through the back speakers). Little Boy (from car seat in the way-back): TURN IT DOWN!!!! IT’S TOO LOUD!!! Me: Ignore him since he’s being disrespectful and demanding, sing along. Little…

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One particular grocery store, unfortunately the one closest to our house, has become a source of great perplexity. It’s a basic store, not one of those behemoth buy-your-food-and-the-toilet-too places. But finding any particular item is nearly impossible. So my husband and I are competing to see which item is shelved in the weirdest place. His…

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