Two Weddings and a Fracture
*Note: This blog post is long. I have been off social media for over 8 weeks, and want to catch everyone up on what happened to me and how I am doing, and to hopefully cover so many of the…
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Why I Buy Orange Marmalade
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4 (ESV) The sound of…
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Please, Will You Just Do It For Me?
“Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’” Luke 5:5 (NIV) My daughter-in-law Macey is a school counselor who goes above and beyond in her…
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How my Son Found His Wife (through my Instagram account!)
(Originally published November 19, 2018.) Once upon a time, in the middle of The Mitten (The great state of Michigan), there was a freckle-faced boy with a chocolate-milk mustache and strawberry blond hair. He loved to tinker with tools and…
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Love Bears All Things
Happy Valentine’s Day! As my gift to you this Valentines Day, I hired my creative friend and former intern, Emma Heikkinen, to design two freebies for you. First, a watercolor printable PDF of the key verse in my Proverbs 31 Ministries devotion…
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Bettering Your Marriage Challenge
It is true that opposites attract—for a while. But often as the years go by in our marriages, opposites may also begin to attack. The habits and characteristics we once found endearing about our significant other are the exact things…
