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Pain Into Power
No matter what happens in our lives, we will be okay. We must remember this life is not always meant to be easy. If it were easy, we would be weak. We weren’t made to be weak. We were made to be strengthened. We were made to experience, learn, and grow. At times the growth…
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I’m Sorry
I’m sorry. And I’m not just saying that because you told me to say it. I truly am sorry. I’m sorry I failed you as a mother. I’m sorry you had to live with divorced parents. I’m sorry you didn’t feel the love I have for you. I’m sorry I couldn’t share that with you…
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No God, No Love
Have you seen Gavin Newsom’s interviews? Notice the way he shifts blame for the recent fires; the way he doesn’t seem to care at all about the people he serves in California. He seems proud when he speaks of the “Marshall Plan” to rebuild LA 2.0. He seems to have no compassion for human beings…
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Saturday’s Warriors
I was taught as a teen that my peers and I would be warriors (Saturday’s Warriors) in the last days. I remember adding up the years to see how old I would be. I was taught even though we wouldn’t know the day or the hour; it would most likely be sometime between 2020 and…
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Save Yourself
More and more people seem to be on edge lately, ready for a fight. I think we’re just trying to protect ourselves. We can get pretty creative how we do it — sometimes hiding it from ourselves. Nobody is going to do it for us, so we try to save ourselves. We might be fighters.…
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Difficult Days
Do you sometimes feel lost with no ambition? Some days we look at the condition of the world, or challenging circumstances surrounding us, and we feel small and defeated. In the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell explains that our lives are similar to many popular old stories. In order to become…
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A Childhood Christmas
Christmas Eve in the 70’s seems like so long ago, and like yesterday at the same time. Can we pause our busy lives and take just a moment to remember? For us 70’s kids, it was possibly the single most anticipated night of the year. Santa was coming! Perhaps you asked Santa for an Etch-A-Sketch…
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Give Me Your Shame
I’ve always considered myself as a pretty good person. I’ve learned most people feel this way, because when you see people interviewed after being caught stealing or even murdering someone, most of them will say the same thing, “…but, I’m a good person.” Those are pretty extreme examples, but we don’t have to be thieves…
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Everyone Gets a Gift
Not everyone loves Christmas. For some this is a stressful time of year. Many of us exchange gifts, representing the three wisemen who brought gifts to our Savior when he was born. Even if you don’t give or receive a gift this Christmas; here are three gifts waiting to be exchanged with our Savior: He…
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In Love With Love
Possibly a little embarrassing, but when I was a little girl, I could hardly wait to find someone and fall in love. Maybe it was the love songs I listened to over and over and over again that made me want to feel that kind of love. I felt something when I listened to those…
Lost and Finding Joy 