Month: July 2016

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Jul 26, 2016

Instead of envying her beauty, shower blessings, offer love

Photo Credit In the summer’s clear, bright sun, I sit. Somewhere in the pool at my feet, Little Dude is splashin’. There’s funky music in the air, and youthful shouts

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Jul 25, 2016

A child shall lead them

“Mom,” he’d said, blue eyes troubled, “I don’t deserve Starbucks.” On a steamy Hoosier night in July, we’d traveled to another town, another place to see an old friend from

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Jul 21, 2016

What the wrinkles say

Sigh. So this mornin’, the sun was shinin’, and I was sittin’ out in my favorite spot in the whole wide world, out there on the famous BOS (Bright Orange

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Jul 19, 2016

What your husband really wants (and it’s not a perfect body)

FacebookTwitterGoogle+DiggPinterestBlogger Recently, I wrote a blog post called, “When your complaining is hurtin’ your husband.”   From all over, women stopped by. Men did, too, and it seemed like many folks

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Jul 18, 2016

What having a prodigal has taught me (help for those who have one, too)

Well, yes, I have. Yes, we have. And, yes, we did. Meanwhile, others of you have messaged me privately or left comments here and there that tell me you’re goin’

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Jul 15, 2016

Dear hurting girl, Your femininity’s not a curse, it’s a blessing, and there are godly men who know it

I am writing today to the woman in my path who’s in a real hurting place. I’m going to do what I’m learnin’ to do with hard, painful things, and

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Jul 13, 2016

For mothers, the stretch marks never stop

In my 26-1/2 years as a mother, I’ve learned that the stretch marks at birth are just the beginning. For the nine months that I carried them, my body, my

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Jul 10, 2016

In these divided states, One Light shines–blood’s red

Darkness falls across the land. In a city way down south, home of tacos and bighorns and ranchers and Stetsons, honest, working folks head for bed. And like that, a gun

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Jul 08, 2016

Why porn’s no longer a threat

Today, I’m going to step a bit outside my comfort zone and just talk plain about something that’s on my heart and mind. Pornography. If you’ve visited me here at

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Jul 06, 2016

When your complaining is hurtin’ your husband

It came to me in my quiet time today as The Friend and I were having coffee. And chattin’… A spring rain is comin’ down. In the garden, thirsty tomatoes

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