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moreThe 1 Habit More Important than Quiet Time? {Memorize the Mount: Free Sermon on the Mount Memory Booklet}
On Wednesday, January 25 th, 2012Who memorizes God in the age of Google? For a week, longer, I wake with these fears choking hard. Fears pushing me into the pit. And it comes while I struggle to get out of bed, comes early as the light pries back the dark, words we’ve been committing to heart — and I murmur them, hold onto them like a lifeline tossed: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for thei...
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moreA Year of Graces : A Free 12 Month Calendar {Printable}
On Monday, December 05 th, 2011The secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we struggle to see where He is. So a calendar making spaces to daily keep seeking Him — a year of graces… January: “Joy is always a function of gratitude — and gratitude is always a function of perspective. If we are going to change our lives, what we’re going to hav...
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more{Free} Jesse Tree Advent Family Devotional
On Wednesday, November 23 rd, 2011We can’t wait to begin the waiting days of Advent! Might we offer you the gift of a free family devotional? Each of the 25 days of the Jesse Tree Family Devotional journey includes: The full Bible text of the day’s reading in either NCV or NIV (of course, feel free to read from your own Bible, if you’d pre...
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moreThe Real First Thanksgiving Keep Calm & Count On {free printable}
On Monday, November 21 st, 2011That field of beans west of the barn, it looked gaunt come October, bean pods all hanging like bony ribs. Whenever the wind sighed, the whole field just rattled skinny. That’s how my Dad always spoke of a railish man, that you could count his ribs. Nothing in me wanted to count those beans, know the yield, from this spare field. When the Farmer rolled the co...
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moreWrap them in Love {free printable: Verse Sandwich Wrapper}
On Friday, September 02 nd, 2011(Wrap their sandwiches up in one of the verse wrappers — download all 8 below — and wrap them up in love — wherever they go!) 10 Point Manifesto for Joyful Parenting (any text in turquoise links to posts for more expla...
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moreWhen You’re feeling a bit Broken {free weekly gratitude journal}
On Monday, April 04 th, 2011*updated links to print photo to print photo :: This fallen world never stops dis-membering and we all break apart a bit more everyday… The kids squabble, we sit in ER rooms, we fail old friends, the dog dies, dinner burns. And even in the ache, God whispers: Give thanks anyways — do this in re-membrance of Me. W...
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more10+ Helps for Really Busy Moms
On Thursday, March 24 th, 201110+ Real Helps for Really Busy Moms 1. Life is not an emergency. Life’s a gift. Just Slow. 2. Now is not a forever grace but...
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moreFree Calendar to Make New Habits
On Saturday, January 08 th, 2011Perfect for a good start on a project, a dream, a prayer, a plan, to number the days and get a good start on slowing down to do the real important, to tend to the paramount, like scheduling for it right there in the beginning, and again at the end, and how many other happy middlin’ times throughout the day, the time just to slow in a thousand ways and sm...
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moreColossians in a Year: 2 Verses a Week {The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bible Memorization} Habit #1 for a New Year
On Wednesday, January 05 th, 2011W e’re reading this book and when the little girl on page 54 puts on her “habit,” a little hand here pats my shoulder and asks, “What’s a habit?” and I tell her this: a habit is something that is worn. She flickers recognition, nods, turns back to the page, waits for me to read the next line, and I’m still sitting there realizing: A h...
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moreOpen the Door Anyway {Updated: now Hi Res printables}
On Tuesday, December 28 th, 2010On the brink of a new year, we’re thinking about fresh starts and fear and how do we begin again and how your words matter. Whether you write, speak, or simply want to connect with the hearts of those you love, this year, The Word in your words can change the world. My friend, Holley Gerth, and I have been talking and praying about words. How to serve with them and use ...
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more10 Point Manifesto of Joyful Parenting (free printable)
On Friday, November 12 th, 201010 Point Manifesto for Joyful Parenting (any text in turquoise links to posts for more explanation & encouragement):: 1. Today, I will make our home a house of prayer. I will pray at set times. And I will invite ou...
