Welcome to Part 3 of our series "How to Be Married". Having a good marriage takes hard work and I know 40 years ago, Brad and I had no idea what was involved. Perhaps if we parents and grandparents encouraged young people to spend as much time planning their life together as they spend planning the wedding, divorce rates would decrease. I love the wonderful advice that our friends have shared-advice that came straight from the heart and years of experience learning the give and take of … [Read more...]
How to Be Married….Part Two
This is the second in a series about marriage, in honor of our 40th wedding anniversary. I am so blessed to have people in my life who say "yes" when I have a request of them. Thank you, marriage warriors! Catch up on the first post if you missed it HERE. Hello Friends! I was tickled that so many of you read and enjoyed the invaluable wisdom from Debbie Diel and Kevin Colclasure in the last post. Getting marriage advice from people who have learned how to be together for many, … [Read more...]
How to Be Married
Hello, Friends! Brad and I recently celebrated our 40th (WHAT?) wedding anniversary with a road trip to the Northeast. We had a wonderful time, saw LOTS of sights, and lengthened our list of places we want to visit again. We are crazy about Vermont and Maine and hope to return and spend more time in both of those states. (Well, I'm crazy about them and Brad really liked them, too.) Spending hours in the car together traveling 2700 miles in 9 days, with no hotel reservations, a Garmin, and … [Read more...]
God and Designer Clothes Part 2: How to Be a Friend
This is Part 2 in a series on my journey through Colossians this summer. I read this book over and over and over with fresh eyes, and Holy Spirit took me all kinds of places. Maybe the lessons He taught me will help you, too. You can catch up with the first post here: God and Designer Clothes Part 1 Coming quietly into the classroom to volunteer for the morning, I looked around with great interest at the adorable 1st graders seated on the floor in front of their teacher. Their … [Read more...]
God and Designer Clothes
Colossians and Me....Part 1 Being a Bible study girl, I get as inspired by the newest Bible study releases from Lifeway as the latest Pottery Barn catalog. Priscilla Shirer, Andy Stanley, Beth Moore, Kelly Minter, Matt Chandler-I like them all and have learned a lot from each of them. Give me the teacher’s kit, complete with video sermons, a new journal, my Bible and a group of friends and I’m an excited girl. That all sounds good, but I have learned that a person (me) can study the … [Read more...]
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