LC, Hannah and I were driving home from their Wednesday night middle school worship time, when we started talking about childbirth. (Doesn’t every family talk about that in the car?) “Mom, did you have any of us the regular way?” asked Hannah. Me: No, you were all C-sections. LC: You tried to get ME out [...]

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Today I wore a sweater. I had a business meeting, so I also wore nice slacks and makeup. (20 years ago, I would’ve had to include pantyhose, but thank GOD, that fashion trend is behind us.) Anyway, I wore a sweater because of the weather: cool and rainy. I can’t remember the last time it [...]

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So. Tired. Just got home from Florida. Two four-day conferences. Ten evening receptions (2 per night, for 5 nights). Nice to meet fellow conference staff and attenders. Fun to give advice on social media (based on my work for John Maxwell). One dinner out. One movie afternoon (Cowboys & Aliens, meh). A visit to a [...]

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Do you play Words with Friends? It’s just like Scrabble, if you’re not familiar. You can play against friends from all over the world via Facebook and/or a smartphone app. Anyway, I’ve been playing for a few weeks, and frankly, I stink. I can come up with words pretty easily. But I don’t do well [...]

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Like I said the other day, I’ve been reading the book of Job in the Bible. And like every time I reread something from God’s word, I’m getting something different out of it. This time, my focus is on how Job and his friends all try to answer the question WHY when tragedy strikes. On [...]

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Charlie and I talk a lot about seasons of life. It probably comes from the age we’re at. We have enough life experience to look back and see the seasons that came before this one. Those times when it felt like things would never change, like when the kids were little. I never thought I’d [...]

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