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Long Strange Trip

September 16, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

I do my best to take each day as it comes, doing whatever I can without assuming that however I feel on a given day is a durable condition.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: health, Psalms, woods

Life keeps throwing curveballs, my family keeps catching them

March 14, 2018 By Miriam McKenney 8 Comments

How do you talk to your children about death? In particular, how do you talk about your death? When illness strikes, the McKenneys turn to God for strength.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: children, Family, God, health, illness, Jesus, Luke, Prayer, Scripture, teenagers, teens

When life overwhelms, we follow Jesus.

September 6, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

I want my children to remember me as a person who loved them deeply, but who loved herself just as much.

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting Tagged With: busy-ness, disciple, health, Jesus, mental health, schedules, self-care, teens, wellness

My cancer showed me the power of kindness.

December 22, 2016 By Raymond Capo 2 Comments

When I volunteered to donate a kidney, I wasn’t expecting a cancer diagnosis. I also wasn’t expecting such an outpouring of compassion.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, cancer, compassion, healing, health, kindness, T.S. Eliot

Peace at the Labyrinth

June 22, 2016 By Miriam McKenney 2 Comments

Walking a labyrinth taught me about God’s presence in our parenting journeys.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: exercise, health, labyrinth, parenting, Prayer, Procter Center, walk

I honor Creation by tending my health

March 4, 2016 By Deborah Royals Leave a Comment

As a child, I was taught to respect all of Creation. My Native American community raised much of our own food.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: discipleship, food, gardening, health, Native American, Prayer

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