Faith and Family

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Focus on the Middle

There is a quote from one of my favorite movies—Hope Floats—that I often find myself returning to. It seems to sum up this whole concept …

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God Loves Our Imperfections

God looks at us and sees the beauty of who we are, and that beauty is not a result of our being perfect.
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Feeding Your Body, Mind, and Spirit 

A few months ago, my husband, Mark, and I were visiting our daughter, her husband, and our granddaughter, Millie, for a long weekend.
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Loving Mother

Illness and age served only to strengthen this mother and daughter’s relationship.
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A Teaching Moment 

We can become complacent regarding different aspects of our lives, never traveling outside of what we already know.
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Bet on Yourself

My swimming became a thank-you to myself “because I am wonderfully made” (Ps 139:14) and worth this effort.
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Faith and Family: The Many Faces of Addiction

If you do any reading on addiction, you will discover that there are many different beliefs on what is or should be considered an addiction versus an addictive behavior.
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