Per(severance)

Recently my Facebook memories have been from a season of perseverance 10 years ago, when I was laid off in January 2009 and spent most of that year without a full time job. I often tell people my Facebook posts are mostly for my own memories sake, the goings on of life I want to…

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Book Review – ’18-’19 Winter Edition

Welcome back! How is it already half-way through January!? Or really, more than halfway through January and next week is already February?  I have been reading lots through the holidays and thought now is a good time to share my recent winter reads.  In case you missed my last Book Review, you can click here…

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2018: Begin

Yesterday we were singing a hymn in church and the lyrics struck me in a new way. A hymn I’ve sung for a long time and know the words to, but as I was thinking on the year wrapping up and a few other things going on, these lyrcis pierced my heart: “How I’ve proved…

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2018 Book Review – Part 1

It’s been a while since I’ve done a book review, in fact a REALLY long while, and maybe I only read one book in 2017?!  Just kidding, I’ll have to go back and look at what I read in 2017, I know I did some summer reading.  But, it’s 2018, so let’s start there! And,…

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Let Freedom Ring

Well, I never really meant for it to be almost 3 months before I sat back here at the keyboard and typed on my blog…but, it is what happened. If I could describe the last couple of months, the days could be summarized like this: Since I last wrote on April 23, I had a…

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Updates!

Whew! How has it been almost 6 weeks since I’ve sat down at the blog!?  Time flies when you’re having fun? finishing the last eight-weeks-of-MBA!! It’s true, graduation is right around the corner and I’m down to the last 3 weeks of class meetings!  Can’t believe it, these 21 months really have flown! One thing I’m really…

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#InternationalWomensDay 2018

I’ve had a few conversations lately about the various movements of women in many circles of life, most of which all intersect in some way or another. #metoo #churchtoo #timesup #pressforprogress #kindcampaign #loveyourselfie Women’s role in church Here’s the thing: I’ve never felt there were things I COULDN’T do.  I’ve always felt I COULD do…

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2017: Grow

Here it is already one month down of 2018, and I’ve yet to write about 2017 and my word from the year.  I already have the word for 2018 tucked away, it was one that was so very clear to me. I remember at the beginning of 2017 after turning the calendar and having relied…

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Online Dating…

Online dating is a topic that comes up repeatedly amongst my friends, and I’m often asked if I online date.  No, I don’t. I never have.  I know it works for some people, and lots of times it’s someone “right down the street” that you otherwise never would have met.  I also know a lot…

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Commit 30: December

In case you missed it in January, I’m taking 2017 in 30 day increments (well, sometimes 30, or 31 or 28) and committing to something for 30 days. December: 30 Days of Lettering I thought about doing this 30 days of lettering several different months, but it kept getting pushed back. So, December seemed like…

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