It’s Friday night and I’m sitting at Mitchell’s coffeehouse reading and reflecting. Yeah, I know. I feel like I’m doing a lot of that lately. I’ve been learning a lot about contentment lately. (Yes, we’re back to that again…) Real contentment. As in “…for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” That kind [...]

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(Women’s Bible Study reflections based on the “Glory Questions”: Meditating on God’s Word to be Transformed from Glory to Glory) Acts 3:1-10 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, [...]

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Ok, so my last post was a little bit melancholy. I admit it. It happens sometimes. But here’s the thing, there really isn’t anything wrong with being discontent. It all depends on what your discontent is focused on. When I first wrote the post I was feeling a general discontent with my life as it [...]

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In light of some recent discussions, I felt that I needed to revisit my “Now, Discover Your Strengths” book. I had taken the StrengthsFinder my senior year in college. I always remember my number one strength because, let’s face it, anyone who knows me knows that I am an empathetic person. I can never remember [...]

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(Listening to: “Keep Breathing”, Ingrid Michaelson) Have you ever looked up and thought that you saw someone that you recognized? Someone that you haven’t seen in a very long time, but you’re certain that you know. I have. The stranger part is that I realized that she was me. I looked up and saw the [...]

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I wasn’t tired yet, so I haven’t been able to even think about going to bed. Instead, I started looking through the things that I received from my grandmother after she passed away this spring. I was very blessed to get several of her hymnals and songbooks. My grandmother was a pianist and organist from [...]

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Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. (Psalm 51:12-13) This is our memory verse in Community Bible Reading (www.joincbr.com) for this week. I have it taped up on my computer at work and as [...]

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So, I’m taking a break from my exciting evening to write. This is how exciting it is: I’ve been solving sudoku puzzles (I have reached the intermediate level in my book. Wahoo.) I’ve been watching 30 Rock and The Office, Scrubs (the musical…hilarious), and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. By myself. Such excitement. But [...]

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Sometimes, the best way to gain a clear focus is to go back and trace your steps. That’s what I’ve just been doing. I’ve been reading over my blogs from the last year. It’s a really interesting thing to do. It’s especially interesting looking at when I wrote things. I think that I can safely [...]

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