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Talking Back to Purity Culture
My husband and I sat down with a former youth group student who was going through a divorce. He seemed angry at God for allowing his marriage to fail, particularly upset that sex in marriage had been such a disappointment. He shook his head and said, ‘but I saved myself for her, I did everything…
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3 Ways to Stay Discouraged
Have you been afraid or discouraged lately? What attempts did you make to find comfort and peace? For me, there are three tactics I try, but only a fourth one that works in the long run. 1. Ignore When a problem starts eating away on my mind where do I turn? The Bible? No,…
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A Pious Queen
Salome Alexandra (Hebrew: Shalemzion) is an often-overlooked figure in the 2nd Temple period of Jewish history. Debated and conflicting accounts of her reign as queen leave us with an incomplete picture of her character and impact. She is the only woman explicitly named in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q322-4Q324) and scholars believe she is…
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Breathing Room
“Crap.” I’m going through and deleting old emails. My husband offers up a concerned ‘What?’ and I bemoan the fact that I’ve realized that the blog book review I was thinking was in November is actually due this week and I haven’t even started the book. ‘What book is it?’ he asks. “It’s called, ‘Breathing…
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Finding Spiritual Whitespace
As I write this I am packing up to go out of town. I barely have time to sit down and write a review as our babysitter gets here in 15 ….oops, 12 minutes. I’m answering questions in between typing. ‘Do we need this?’ ‘Where are the sunglasses?’ ‘Where is the suitcase?’ I live life…
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A Dad’s Prayers for His Daughter
So, I’ve got my first guest blogger today! I’d like to think that my blog is just so popular that I need to hire people to write posts for me. But in reality I got a book for ‘Dads’ and I thought I’d farm out a review to a dad who could more accurately review…
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You're Going to Be Okay
‘It’s going to be okay.’ Sometimes those are the most comforting words that someone can say to me in the middle of a stressful situation. Not that it makes the stress go away but it is a reminder that whatever it is I’m going through is not permanent and we will figure out a way…
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The Big Book of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids (A 3-in-1 Collection)
One of our Family Rules is to laugh…..a lot. And we take that ‘rule’ pretty seriously around here. So when I got this: I was pretty stoked to have some all new material to laugh with the kids. We’ve checked out books from the library but they’ve all been just ‘so-so’ and some of the…
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Everyday Confetti
Our family makes a point to celebrate birthdays and we have special traditions for Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. So when I got the book, Everyday Confetti, I was intrigued. It is a guide to how to celebrate year-round, by putting emphasis on some of the forgotten holidays and regular days. The book starts with an…
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