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Scripture Proverbs 18:21 — “The tongue has the power of life and death.” Post-divorce, LOTS of people had LOTS of opinions about my entering the dating world. One gentleman was obsessed (using that word correctly, here) with the question, “How are...

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Have you ever tried to fall asleep in a hotel room or a different house, and every creak or hum keeps you awake? Enter the sound machine. Over 10 million Americans use them nightly. The science is simple: your brain can’t rest when it’s on alert for random, jarring...

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Confession: I didn’t have some magical moment falling in love with Hebrew. My first class was online, and it was… awful. The kind of awful that makes you shut the laptop and say, “Nope, not for me.” I dropped out. For a while I carried that sense of failure — like...

LET THEM: The Twinges of Jealousy

So, we’ve all been there. Jealous. It drives division. It robs us of our spiritual wholeness. If we aren’t careful it will inhibit us from being who we are called to be. It isn’t a pretty emotion. In fact, one that scripture addresses clearly. “For where you...

LET THEM: the Grandparent Olympics

As my daughter and son-in-law had their child, I had lots of conversations with others regarding what it means to be a grandparent. I heard about how it’s the “best thing ever,” how it changes everything, how you can love more deeply than you ever thought possible....