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  • Get ready for a virtual cookie exchange

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    Fire up those ovens (or at least your keyboards)! Today I attended a ninth annual cookie exchange (I’ve only missed one through the years) and it got me thinking… we need to have a virtual cookie exchange! I bet you have at least one, if not more, tired-and-true cookie recipe you would be willing to…

  • Day 14: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 14: Go tele-caroling:  Call a relative or two and sing a Christmas carol (or enlist your children to do it for you/ with you).   Enjoy sharing God’s love and maybe even getting a little goofy…  See you tomorrow.

  • Day 13: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 13: Make spiced cider tonight. (Easy version: simmer apple cider with a few cinnamon sticks. Google for more intricate recipe.) Share with your family while reading a few Christmas books.   Enjoy…  See you tomorrow.

  • So what Bible do you read?

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    This isn’t a question I’ve asked too many times, but with a new year starting soon and another Bible reading plan wrapping up for me, I’m wondering if it is time to make a change. I’ve been an NIV girl for as long as I’ve read the Bible. I’ve used a couple different copies: The…

  • I don’t WANT to be lazy

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    Scripture: Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. Observation: Don’t take your faith for granted and let things slide. Instead grow your faith and exercise patience. Application: Especially as I am ending up another Bible reading challenge, it…

  • Day 12: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 12: Pray for your immediate family… as a group and as individuals.   Enjoy sharing God’s love again…  See you tomorrow. PS You might consider rounding up some apple cider and cinnamon sticks for tomorrow.

  • Day 11: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 11: Pray for your extended family. Write down your prayer for at least one individual and mail it to him/ her.   Enjoy sharing God’s love…  See you tomorrow.

  • There’s a bigger truth-checker than Snopes

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    Scripture: 2 Timothy 4: 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. Observation: There will be a time (and I believe it has…

  • Day 10: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 10: Look through old Christmas pictures.   Enjoy…  See you tomorrow.

  • Reunited and it tastes so good…

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    Many years ago, when I was a sweet little undergrad at the University of Florida, (I can’t help but to fit that UF thing in a lot right now. Go Gators! Anyhow, back to the story…) I loved to bake a secret peanut butter and chocolate cookie. These cookies ROCKED. A little crispy yet still a tad chewy chocolate on…

  • What should I be doing?

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    Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:9-10 9No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds…

  • Day 9: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 9: Read John 1:1-18 to your family or enjoy some quiet reading with yourself and God.   Enjoy…  See you tomorrow.

  • Menu Planning Monday

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week for dinner: Monday: Hidden Valley Chicken breasts, broccoli ( 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning mix, 1/4 cup unseasoned bread crumbs, 6- 8 pieces of chicken. Coat chicken piecesin a combo of Hiden Valley Ranch dressing mix and plain breadcrumbs, then bake at 37…

  • Don’t mess with the false stuff

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    Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:3-4 3As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God’s work-which is by faith. Observation: Stick to faith in…

  • Day 8: Mom’s Toolbox Advent Calendar

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    Hope you’ve been enjoying this season of advent. Here’s your assignment for Day 8: Pray for your/ your husband’s work situation. (After praying for him, consider writing down your prayer and sharing it with him.) Enjoy…  See you tomorrow.