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A Prayer As 2022 Winds Down

Father God, As I look back on the last year, I thank you for your steadfastness. You have been unchanging through all the upheavals. You have been my Emmanuel even through times when I’ve felt empty. You have been faithful despite all my failures. While my words are far from enough, I simply offer up my thanks because, ...

Let Your SMART Goals Give Way To WISE Ones

We’re six months into 2022, halfway through the year — which means by now we should have checked off half the goals which we charted out at the beginning of the year. You know, written half the book. Run half the marathons. Lost half the weight. Cleaned out half our drawers and closets. Saved half ...

Reimagine Your Bucket List for 2022

“In 2022, I want my first trip to be either Iceland or Greenland. But now that I checked my bank account, it’s going to be Neitherland.” Those lines came from an Instagram post I happened to see. It made me chuckle. But, of course, it’s not just our bank accounts that interfere with travel plans. As ...

When Your New Year Goals Begin to Crumble

Last night, I brought cake up to my bed at 10:15 pm because, hey, those leftover Christmas goodies aren’t just going to eat themselves up, are they? Someone had to clean out the fridge. So I volunteered myself. It was in the line of duty. The night before the unused potato chips from our New Year’s ...

Saying “Yes” so You can Say Your Best “No”

“I don’t know — ask Dad.” That was my standard response when my husband, Ranjit, and I found ourselves in a quandary. If I didn’t have a solid answer to Ranjit’s question or found myself confused by what to do in a particular situation, my fall-back response was to turn to his dad for counsel. In early November, ...
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