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The Most Important Project

Unfinished projects. We all have too many of them—home improvement projects, work-related projects, and personal ones.
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Faithful for 1,700 Miles

I didn’t want to go. 1,700 miles from everyone I knew. A new place and a new culture. Was this really the right choice for my first teaching job?
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Take the High Road, Part 2

For most of my life, my grandparents lived on the other side of Old Priest Grade Road. It’s an infamous, historic mountain pass on the way to Yosemite National Park that has tested people’s nerves...
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Take the High Road, Part 1

I hate when I open an email or answer a call only to find out it’s a stranger trying to trick me. (Thanks for letting today’s devotional through, by the way.)
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Faithful in Little Things

A fellow author once told me, “You need a platform.” When I think of a platform, I think of a stage, when I think of a stage, I think of a microphone.
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You got this!

“You got this!” These three simple words said at the right time can change the world. It doesn’t matter that it’s not grammatically correct.
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Leading Gently

I need wisdom in difficult situations when my thin skin feels an offense that gets in the way of my relationships.
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A Stirred-up Heart

Some years ago,  I witnessed one of my children being unkind to a few other kids. It happened when their moms were around, so I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable.