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The Crate

by Jessica Brown February 23, 2012
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For quite some time you have been walking blindfolded. All you know that is on the other side of the journey is a task for you to complete. You do not know what the task is, or what it entails, but it is something that to your knowledge can only be done by you. Suddenly, [...]

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Get Out of That Pit!

by Constance Gilbert December 4, 2009
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My favorite Peanuts® cartoon strip has Lucy sitting patiently (?) listening in her booth—Psychiatric Advice 5¢, while Charlie Brown goes on and on listing all his troubles. Finally, Lucy says, “Charlie Brown, you just need a life…” Like us, Charlie Brown wanted a quick fix, but Lucy’s 5¢ worth is true. We all need to [...]

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The Touch of God

by Eileen Hershberger February 17, 2008

The dawn of each day brings no relief. The heart feels alone and sad. God is a million miles away and prayers only reach the ceiling. Have you ever felt this way? I went through a dry spell last fall, where I felt so alone and convinced there was no one who would understand how [...]

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The Wicked Not-Stepmother

by Anni Welborne November 18, 2007
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Warning: This is a painfully honest article, lived and written through tears. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent, because I’m nowhere near innocent. It was a long, weary day. All I had gotten done that day was cleaning up mess after mess after mess. After cleaning up the umpteenth potty accident, [...]

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Have You Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’?

by Nancy C. Anderson October 19, 2007
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My husband and I met on a lovely autumn day in 1976. I was a tall, thin, twenty-year-old college girl wearing a short denim skirt and a perky Dorothy Hamill haircut. As I sat on a park bench reading a Groucho Marx autobiography, Ron walked by. He took one look at me and felt his [...]

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He Will See You Through

by Mariane Holbrook April 18, 2007

In 1981, Rabbi Harold Kushner’s book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People was breaking sales records all across America. So popular was the book that it became the subject of many college courses, focus and study groups, and eventually it passed over 4 million copies in sales. For inquiring minds, an equally intriguing book [...]

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