Cleaning up for Church – And Other Such Nonsense.

I remember a Sunday morning at church with my family several years ago when I was “caught” arguing with my daughter.

The worst part wasn’t the argument, but the person who saw it.

My harsh words finished, I looked up and my eyes met the eyes of one of the women I admire most at church, a national speaker at Christian conferences on family issues. She looked away quickly, embarrassed, by the scene she had just witnessed in my family. I can tell you, I was even more humiliated, wishing I had not fought with my daughter, and, wishing that she had not witnessed it.

I was probably more sick about being witnessed in this family “scene” than the argument itself. [Read more…]

Trials, Troubles and Tribulations. What Do You Do?

Imagine you are bright, scholarly, a top student in your high school, planning a possible college career at Yale. Then ‘it’ happens.

At a neighborhood ice hockey game, one of the players on the opposing team ‘accidentally’ swings a stick at you and hits you in the face, causing terrible damage. Did I mention that the player who hit you with the bat ends up becoming a mass murderer? And, after losing your top teeth and – experiencing excruciating pain, you find out your mother is dying of a chronic disease and requires constant care-giving. The usual, right? [Read more…]

Five a Day – Thanks

How healthy are you? How healthy is your heart, on the inside, the heart-side?  Maybe in the same way we promote our physical heart health through healthy habits, like eating five portions of fruits and vegetables a day, perhaps our inner heart health would benefit from some healthy habits.

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Linking up with Jennifer Dukes Lee, and Woman 2 Woman,  Holly Gerth’s Coffee For My Heart

My Word (or two) – Building Up

Someone has to be last in line, and I probably win the honor as being the last blogger to pick a word for 2015. And, I’ve chosen not one, but two words…..

 Building Up! [Read more…]

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