Life Is Exercise: Running requires training
Life is like a race, which means it is something we must train for. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives
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Life is Exercise: It's ok to be tired.
You are a runner. Running requires effort and makes you tired and out of breath. That is a sign that you’re doing it, that you’re moving, not that
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Life is a Story: You Are in a Fairy Tale
Life is a story. It is God’s Story. Not only can these fairy-tales be enjoyed because they are moral, but morality can be enjoyed because it puts us
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Living Your Biography
Life is a story. There is the big-picture story that God is telling from beginning to end, a story where we are just bit players adding color along the
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Growing Pains
This is the first installment of what I hope to be a regular Monday feature: A Metaphor for Monday. Each Monday during our weekly meeting, I will be pep-talking
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Stand & Resist
I was going through some old papers today and found a printed copy of this post I made a few years ago. I thought I’d repost it here, with
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Choosing Conviviality or Perpetuating a Pity Party?
Is happiness an emotion reserved for those who have an easy life? Right now I have a child who thinks happiness is a life without math fact drill pages. And,
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Convivial Home: My Journey
Originally written in March 2009. So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
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Convivial Home: Mom Must Lighten Up
Discover the power of humor in parenting! Learn how to lighten up, twinkle at your children, and create a joyful, loving atmosphere in your home.
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Why build a convivial home?
Musings on being (or not being) a fun mom.
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Convivial Home: Now & Later
Reflecting on life and the stories we leave behind: What kind of legacy will you write? Explore how daily choices shape who you'll be in the years to come.
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Convivial Home: Unrelenting Fellowship
We can be in fellowship with our children by asking for forgiveness, extending forgiveness, and teaching them to do the same.
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