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Fulfill Your Ministry..

But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 2Timothy 4:5I can't begin to tell you how many times I have to be reminded of my ministry. My heart and hands take off in so many directions, towards almost every bright and shiny thing that comes along. "Is this your will for me God?" "Oh, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: devotion, ministry, mom, my calling

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HAPPY SWEET 37 – Jennifer!!!

Jennifer is right below me in our sibling pecking order. If I have a memory or a question that goes back thirty plus years, it is Jennifer I call. Jennifer and I shared a bedroom while growing up. She had the top bunk and I had the bottom bunk in our 'Holly Hobbie' adorned room. Memories of dancing to Donny Osmond and Barry Manilow albums even now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: happy birthday Jennifer, sister

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California earthquakes…the least of our worries.

My sister and her husband came home this morning after being at the hospital, to find this lovely large oak tree on their doorstep. Thank the Lord that with all of the different branches, not one window was broken. Their three daughters were home at the time and were a bit shaken up.The weather here has been really awful. The winds were so bad, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: california, sister, storm

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Children to the right of me-Children to the left of me…

When my children started to wear on my last nerve, at around 8:15am this morning. (Hey, cut me some mom-slack, I am far from perfect). I told them they had to spend the day outside. Our weather isn't too bad yet, it is around 47 degrees and the 'big' storm had not arrived. I knew that I had a small window of 'outside' opportunity before we are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, mom Tagged With: blessed, family, Kids

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Happy 2008

There is just something about the first few days of the year for me. I was so excited last night, that I could hardly fall asleep. The anticipation of this new year has got something stirring inside of me that I have never felt before. We started our New Year with a family devotion. Paul gave our oldest children scriptures to look up, as he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bible, Encouragement

By JoanneKraft 7 Comments

IMAGINE

Our children's ministry begins each Sunday in a room all together. Pastor Walt, our children's ministry leader, leads them in prayer and they sing worship songs together before being released to their classes. Today the children sang a song that is a favorite of our family's, 'Imagine' by Rob Biagi. Looking around the room at each precious child … [Read more...]

Filed Under: imagine, jesus, ministry, sunday school

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OUR RADICAL SABBATICAL

Last year on New Years Eve, my girlfriend and I commiserated over our disgust in our 'captivity of activity'. This conversation was the spark needed for what became a year long family experiment. Our 'Radical Sabbatical' had begun. All of 2007, our family went on a journey together. We cut out all outside activities to make time for things like, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, radical sabbatical

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Where’s My Underwear?!?

Change is in the air. As much as I enjoyed Christmas, it is time for me to get busy and take down our decorations in the next couple of days. This winter cleaning has found its way to my blog as well. As you can tell I have changed the template. My husband found me once again working on my blog and was a bit frustrated. In his irritation, he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, change, husband

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

After the harried chaos of opening gifts, our family had a little devotion time together. We hung the last adore-nament on our tree and Paul read the story of the birth of Jesus, out of the book of Luke.I shared with the children that no matter how excited they were about their gifts today, these gifts in time would lose their undivided attention. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas 2007

By JoanneKraft 14 Comments

PROBABILITY

Last Sunday morning I was flipping through the TV channels before leaving for church. I was so sad to hear a pastor of a very large church begin his teaching about the gospel of Matthew, the very beginning of the New Testament. He told his congregation, "The first chapter of Matthew is pretty boring, all of those begots and all…Abraham begot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, jesus, messiah, prophecy

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