Okay, so today I was gonna participate in a “serious” blog carnival hosted by a really cool British expat pastor guy named Peter Pollock. I like what he writes; it always makes you think. Anyway, his carnival today has a topic that everyone is supposed to write about: Obedience. Watch your step. The irony is [...]

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Things I’m not today: Funny. MAN, I wanted to be funny today. Even with my desire to write what God directs each day, I still have in mind a rhythm to my posts, and too many serious ones in a row kinda bug me. Well-rested. I have GOT to get more sleep. But I have [...]

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Hey Bloggy Friends! Long time no see. This week has been a crazy-busy. Plus I’ve been fighting off a downward spiral of self-doubt. You know those days when you feel inadequate at everything you do? Throughout the week, I’ve come up with a laundry list of areas where I’m clearly sub-par: I’ve felt like an [...]

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The Scene: Kitchen, Monday morning, 7:30 a.m. One of my children (who shall remain nameless) is rifling through the snack cupboard. KID: “What am I supposed to BRING to eat in the car?!” ME: “I don’t know. Not my problem.” KID: “I hate you! You don’t even care about me! You won’t even fix me [...]

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Happy Labor Day! I hope your three-day weekend has been relaxing. Mine ended up being challenging. So I’m at Publix Sunday when someone cuts in front of me in the pharmacy line. “Have y’all seen a cell phone here?” a heavyset woman my age asks the pharmacist in a thick Southern accent. “I only been [...]

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Last Sunday at 12StoneTM, the theme of the morning was The Gap. As in the store. Yes, our creative team is REALLY creative. As you might guess, Pastor Kevin (PK)’s message was about a gap. But not the retail chain. He examined the gap within us: the distance between who we are and who we [...]

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Hi! Well, I got just a few extra hits (essentially quintupling my readership!) after my post about Michael Gugliemucci. If you’re a new reader, welcome. We’re returning to our regularly scheduled programming today. If you like it, please feel free to stick around. So, I did some filing for the hubby yesterday (in between getting my “fix” of [...]

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Over the past six months, I’ve been pondering “what I want to do when I grow up.” At age 40, for the first time in over a decade, I will have freedom during the day to do whatever I want. My youngest child is going off to kindergarten. “Whatever I want” has been both freeing [...]

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I haven’t written or blog posted in a couple weeks now. Instead I’ve surfed the web, procrastinating writing because now it’s WRITING, a task I’ve assigned myself, and thus something to be avoided. (But that’s another topic.) I was thinking yesterday during church about my talents. I don’t remember what PK (our pastor, Kevin’s, nickname) [...]

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What is it about the spiritual disciplines that I so strongly resist? I’ve been a Christ-follower for over 30 years. I know how much I benefit from keeping a regular appointment with God. It’s the only reason I get up at 5:30 a.m. every school day — ostensibly to give me time alone to pray, [...]

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