Alyssa Wagner Photography (all family photos in this post) I chose to read and review Raising Boys by Design by Gregory L. Jantz and Michael Gurian because as a Mama of three boys, I need some help in this area! In many ways boys are a mystery to me and,…
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Book Review: You’re Made For A God-Sized Dream
I “met” Holley Gerth via the (in)courage community. I hope to meet her in real life someday, but, as I held You’re Made for a God-Sized Dream, in my hands, I felt like we were talking over coffee. Like she was sharing her heart with me, imparting her encouraging advice…
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Into the Land
What a gift to catch some of the IF:Gathering this weekend. Did you watch it? Were you there? I was greatly encouraged, convicted and challenged to go forward and take the next step into the land that He has given (even in the presence of fear). I wrote this Spoken…
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Five Minute Friday: JOy
Join us on Fridays over at Lisa-Jo’s for a five minute writing prompt. Be vulnerable and brave with us as we offer our words as an offering among friends. You are most welcome here. Can’t wait to read what you share.:) She chose joy. Now, wouldn’t that be a nice…
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Dreams Coming True
Linking up with some God-sized Dreamers today. Head on over for more encouragement! As I have shared here before, recording a CD was on my bucket-list for a long time. The dream became a reality when I started recording at Hilltop Studios in February of 2011. We produced the Echoes…
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One Year Ago
March 11th is a very special day for us (as you will see from this post below). This post is an excerpt from a seminar I did at camp’s Women’s Retreat last September, “Adopting Hope in Hard Times.” My friend Ally bought this for me…I cried when I saw it,…
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