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Designed to Pray: Creative Ways to Engage with God- Book Review & Giveaway!
by Sally Matheny Designed to Pray Is your prayer life lacking passion and purpose? Then this book is for you. And if you’d like to learn more creative ways to express your prayers, then this book is definitely for you! I’m delighted to share with you about Designed to Pray: Creative Ways to Engage with God, and I’ll be giving away a copy of the book. Do you know why you should be excited? Because it’s a fantastic book! Award-winning author, Kelly O’Dell Stanley, incorporates her graphic design skills with her heart for prayer in this eight-week, interactive workbook. There aren’t any rules in using the book and she encourages…
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The Three Winners of the Women of Faith Books
by Sally Matheny Woohoo! It’s time to draw the three winners of the Women of Faith books. I appreciate all of you who left comments on my Book Review of Building Strengths Bible study book. All of your names were placed in the honest hat. The first winner is The Lavalee family! If you’ll contact me, you have the first choice of the three Bible study books. The second winner is Kelly Reilly Benedict! The Lavalee’s will select first. If you’ll contact me with your first and second choice, I’ll send you the one they don’t choose. The final winner is Cathy Biggerstaff! Cathy, you’ll be blessed with the last…
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Book Review of Building Your Strengths & Three Giveaways!
by Sally Matheny Not only are Thomas Nelson publishers blessing me with wonderful books, but they want to bless my blog readers as well. This month, they’ve sent, not one, but six beautiful, Women of Faith Bible study books to me. Three for me, and three to give away! How cool is that? Building Your Strengths is the one I’m working through now. I’ll be giving away a copy of it and a copy of Praying with Power, as well as Giving God Your Future. Look for giveaway details in this post. Strengths and weaknesses We all have them. The problem is we tend to overestimate the weaknesses and…
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The best Christmas pageant ever happened in the year 1999. Well, it is one of the best, and it makes me cry every time I think of it. Not because of the angels in their white poster-board wings and crooked tinsel halos. Nor was it the tiny, shepherds carrying ninja sticks, or the wise men wearing refurbished Burger King crowns.Even though “Mary” held the baby doll as if it was Jesus himself; that year, it was all about “Joseph.” The Sweet Siblings Three, sweet siblings began attending our church. They came to VBS in the summer and continued to come almost every Sunday after that, as long as they had…
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The Fears & Joys of Adoption (Part 2)
What’s the adoption process like? I’d compare it to waiting in line for your first-ever roller coaster ride. While waiting on the sidelines, you watch the experiences of others. Your desire to do it is beyond measure. However, there’s a constant tango taking place in your stomach as excitement and anxiety argue over who will lead. Ahh…the fears and joys of adoption. Here is part two of our family's love story.
