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So the contest is over and the winner for the “My Life is Good Because…” is Rebeccah who offered the following: Life is gooooooood because… Jesus loves me this I know. My g’friend is a Christian and she loves me. I am well taken care of by my Father I’m losing weight I’m going back [...]

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…I have another one going over at my personal blog. Check it out! Now! Seriously, leave and get over there!

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If I have 1 tee shirt by LifeIsGood I’ve got 10,423 of them. That’s a rough estimate of how many I’ve bought over the years though the figure could be considerably lower. Or not. I love the simplicity and the whimsy of their designs but most of all I love the core message; life is [...]

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I’ve posted this photograph of my grandma and me before. My blog. My grandma. Try to stop me! Grandma’s name was Rosina. She was a true Swiss and the quintessential grandma. She and Grandpa had a family dairy (that continues to this day) and my childhood is stuffed to the brim with memories of being [...]

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What can I say? The weather has been beautiful and so I’ve been outside. Walking, bike riding, strolling through the fresh produce at the farmer’s market, sitting in the shade in front of the coffee shop reading and generally playing like a kid on summer vacation. This little pastoral photo is of my beloved from [...]

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I preach as often as I clean out the junk drawer in our kitchen which is to say about two or three times a year. One of those rare preaching gigs seems to traditionally fall on the Sunday after summer break begins which means attendance is somewhere between scant and minimal. I like it that [...]

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I’ve been obese all my life. I spent my life transitioning from baby fat to chubby to overweight to obese to morbidly obese.  I only knew what it was to be the biggest kid in every class and the largest woman in every gathering. There were limitations on my life because of my weight. There [...]

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Sorry Slowpokes, but all the copies of “Reflections of Simplicity” have already been claimed. Better luck next time mi hermanas y hermanos!

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I was recently introduced to a small pamphlet from a Quaker series called “Reflections on Simplicity” by Elaine Prevallet. There’s nothing fancy about the presentation. No leather cover. No gold leaf edges. No cozy new book smell. Just 30 pages of truth and wisdom that poked me right between the eyes. The message is gentle [...]

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