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Tune in to Family Life Today Radio -May 11th & 12th

Every once in awhile, when I open my email I discover something pretty cool. Most often, I want to throw up over the fact that there's 3,812 bits of correspondence awaiting my attention. Sure, most are junk emails sent from unknown faces, but like I said, every once in awhile I receive an email from a living breathing human being and it makes my … [Read more...]

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The House that Built Me

  Two years. That's how long mom suffered. She passed away on a pretty spring day in April. "I can't decide between Fall or Spring. I love them both." Mom used to say. "She's gone." Two tiny words with the power to cut my heart in half. The only ones I can make out through my sister's sobs. Paul and I drove in silence. I looked … [Read more...]

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10 Ways to Quit Yelling At Your Kids

Why do I yell so much? Ever wonder that? I have.  I come from a long line of big mouths passionate people. I was  raised in a home with four kids - you need a verbal edge. Once I became a mom of my own four, well, it seems "extreme yelling" became my Olympic sport. Stop that! Put that away! NO! I said NO! For some reason, I always find … [Read more...]

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Stop Fearing and Step Out – 30 Days of Fall Devotions

I'm 48 years old. That means my days of daydreaming about what I want to be when I grow up are dimming a tiny bit. Miraculous stories of people who go back to college while living in a rest home do exist but they're not the norm. Since I'm overwhelmingly average, I doubt I'll be getting my doctorate anytime soon. It's not that I don't believe … [Read more...]

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The Blessing of Obedience — 30 Days of Fall Devotions

There are days Paul and I drive along country roads and exclaim, "We get to live here." Sometimes it's a question exhaled in a blanket of gratefulness, "We get to live here?" Still amazed at what the Lord is doing with our lives and in the lives of our children here in Tennessee. I wonder to myself so often , What if we'd ignored God? What if … [Read more...]

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