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  • Helping Hands

    Helping Hands0

    Man, the flu has sure hit our area, hasn’t it? It seems everyone you talk to is sick or was sick. I think we try to prepare ourselves to be ready, but this stuff seems to be lasting for a week or longer! Who’s ready for spring? My hand is raised high in the air!

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “The End of Something Wonderful” by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by George Ermos

    The Bookworm Sez: “The End of Something Wonderful” by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by George Ermos0

    You’re really going to miss your little pet. He hasn’t been feeling well lately, and you know that the worst thing is coming soon. You’re not sure how you’ll act and you’re not sure what you’ll do when it happens, but in the new book “The End of Something Wonderful” by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated

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  • Mindfulness for Managing Your Emotions0

    Emotional intelligence is a person’s ability to be aware of and effectively express their emotions and to understand and effectively respond to the emotions of others. Having a highly developed emotional intelligence is important for types of work that require a significant amount of human interaction and is critical for healthy relationships and personal mental

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  • Integrity0

    For those of us who lead in the Church world, integrity is essential. We can talk all we want about the mission of God and church growth and global compassion and social justice, but unless we have integrity, we’re just blowing smoke. The word integrity means to be principled, functional, sound, whole, real, transparent and

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  • The Bookworm Sez: “Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America” by Candacy Taylor0

    Your tickets have been purchased. Reservations were made in your name and all that’s left is packing. Yep, you’re heading out for the weekend, a week, a month, gone on the trip of a lifetime and as you’ll see in “Overground Railroad” by Candacy Taylor, it’s a trip your grandparents might’ve been denied. Ron was

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  • Saturdays in the 80s0

    Saturday mornings when I was a kid were so memorable. I was about four, and my mom was a nurse and was working third shift some weekends. So, Dad would get him and I out and about so Mom could get a good day’s sleep. The weekends varied on what we would get into. We

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  • Subscription Box Options0

    If you’re anything like me, you’re probably sick of all of your winter clothes by mid-February. Lately, I find myself wearing the same old boring turtleneck/jean/boot combo. While you may be feeling outfit fatigue as we edge toward spring, you may also be reluctant to go shopping for wardrobe updates. Who has the time to

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  • A Place to Belong0

    Many of us have been blessed to grow up in a culture where our faith is not just tolerated, it is still, to some extent, accepted and even respected. Our experience is far different than those who live in persecuted countries around the world. In those settings, when someone surrenders their life to Jesus Christ,

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  • A More Sustainable Wardrobe0

    It’s hard to resist the ease and affordability of fast fashion brands like Old Navy, H&M, and Zara, or the convenience of picking up a few new and needed, cheap t-shirts from Target or Walmart. But, as we look into the next decade and the important role of people as stewards of the Earth, what

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  • For the Love of Valentine’s

    For the Love of Valentine’s0

    Thursday nights usually consist of going over to the farm for dinner at Mom and Mark’s. Some nights it can be the funny farm. It depends on how wound up we all get! We all say it’s one of our favorite nights of the week because we get to be together. Washing dishes and looking

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  • A Place to Believe0

    Do you have any needy people in your life? I’m not referring to people who are in need. You can be in need and not be needy. We all face times of need, and thankfully we have friends and family to lean on in those difficult seasons. The kind of people I’m referring to are

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  • In the Middle0

    Well, it’s official, middle age sucks. At least, that is what a recent study by Dartmouth Economics professor, David Blanchflower found. In his study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Blanchflower examined the relationship between well-being and age and found significant evidence that it was U-shaped. To better understand the relationship between age and

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