Is 2024 a New Beginning?
“Years end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland. There are some years where we cannot wait for
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Family History Can Forecast the Future
“At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages”. Numbers 33:2 Family history can tell a lot about us. Not only can it explain our neuroses, it
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Are You Being Defined or Refined?
I like this quote from Dr. Seuss because he reminds us that while life can hand us both good and bad “stuff”; it is how we view it that makes the difference in our journey.
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Renewed and Reborn with Purpose I have spent most of my life being dictated by the “norms” of the current culture I live in. Most of it was being caught up with having a perfect
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Wrong Turns or Lessons Learned?
I recently wrote about the change of seasons in my life and the need to view the events from a different perspective. See my post at https://www.lorettaschoen.com/2022/uncategorized/30259/the-signs-in-the-seasons/ A short time later I ran across this
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Coloring our World through Brokenness
Do you ever feel so broken you could never feel whole? Throughout my life there have been seasons of brokenness – sometimes physically, sometimes emotionally. We are all broken in some way, and no matter
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Oops! I Lied
Habits or addictions are a tough thing to break. Researchers say that it can take 10 weeks or longer to break a habit. And then one day, you decide you will have just one cookie
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Easter Wishes
“Want to know the coolest thing about the One who gave up the crown of heaven for a crown of thorns? He did it for you. Just for you!” –Max Lucado May you and your
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What Do You Do With the Lemons in Your Life?
You know it’s not good news when the nurse tells you the results of your test are in but you will need to see the doctor. I asked that the nurse tell me the results
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The Cost of Health Care is Making Me Sick
I’ve been putting together the information I need to prepare our taxes for 2020. No, I don’t do my own taxes because if I did I would probably be spending time in prison for tax
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Fearfully Anticipating God’s Plan? Part II
A few days ago I wrote about anticipating what God had planned for me at the Mountainside Marketing Conference for Writers. See https://www.lorettaschoen.com/2019/blessed-while-stressed/1971/are-you-fearfully-anticipating-gods-plan-part-1/ My trip started with a series of expectations and much anticipation and
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