“Gottas” Gotcha?

September 29, 2011

“Honey, you’ve had a busy day. Come watch the game with me,” suggested my husband. “In a minute.” Silently I added, First, I gotta clean the kitchen, wash a load of clothes and finish tomorrow’s report. My promised “minute” evolved into several hours. Speaker Robert J. Kriegel contends that “gottas” have become the chief reaction [...]

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Reducing Shame & Hiding No More!

September 20, 2011

If shame causes a person to hide who she is, I must be ashamed of myself. I hide the books I read for fear of being ridiculed. I refrain from sharing my thoughts when they differ from someone who doesn’t understand me. I practice piano only when no one is around. I’m afraid I’ll be considered [...]

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Sipping Chai Tea and Chatting with God

September 13, 2011

Sitting in my overstuffed chair, sipping chai tea and chatting with God. G’ Morning, Lord! You are the same today as You were yesterday, last year, and eons ago. And You’re the same as You will be a million years from now, although TIME as we know it will probably be gone by then. I [...]

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Nourishment for New Moms: New Book!

September 7, 2011

I’m a walking zombie. I remember thinking and voicing these words after months of awakening with a crying, hungry baby up to seven times a night. (Found out later that he had chronic ear problems.) I also recall feeling rather alone and wondering if anybody was listening. I never dreamed I’d be so tired. So when [...]

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Stuffing Legitimate Anger in the Name of Love?

August 30, 2011

Anger is a normal human response to a real or perceived wrong, inequity, or injustice. Yet for most of my life, I believed that if I loved unselfishly I would never get angry. So I consistently refused to be upset. Of course, I was angry when someone treated me (or someone I love) poorly, but [...]

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Hurry Up!

August 24, 2011

Tired of the constant media-message to hurry up and accomplish more? Ralph Keyes, author of Timelock: How Life Got So Hectic and What You Can Do About It, suggests that “we plan life, not time” so our daily lives can become less frenetic. He believes that deciding what we want most from life and weeding [...]

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Do You Ever Burn the Candle at Both Ends?

August 16, 2011

Hope for the Tired As I tried to climb out of the deep pit of burnout, I loved this Old Testament verse. It gave me HOPE then, as it does now. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, . . . then your light will rise [...]

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Where’s the Relief in That Imperfect Project?

August 10, 2011

People, families, children, organizations, churches, schools, bodies, emotions, and projects don’t have the capacity to be perfect 24/7. And now I have another illustration that illustrates this truth! I just spent several hours creating this week’s blog–photos and all, only to LOSE IT ALL! It was a nice blog about the daily news, economic worries, [...]

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That Love/Hate Relationship with Marketing

August 1, 2011

I have a love/hate relationship with MARKETING. A reoccurring tug-of-war in my head and heart. I want others to read the relief-producing messages in my books, move past their status-quo to know God more and live as the person they were designed to be. But I regularly begrudge the time, energy, and focus it takes [...]

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Ever Feel Like an Outsider? Guest Blog by Lorri Allen

July 27, 2011

Recently I received a surprise email from Lorri Allen, journalist on staff with Family Life Radio. We connected at a lunch meeting and have been email/Facebook-chatting ever since. Yesterday when Lorri and I met for lunch (yes, again–hey, we both enjoying eating!) she gave me a copy of her new book, It’s All Good News: Encouragement [...]

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