“What does God want from me?” It’s the age-old cry from humankind. When we are hurting and feel that God has taken something away from us. When we know we have sinned and yet feel incapable of change. And when our hearts truly do desire to follow God, but we don’t know what to do. The prophet Micah made it…
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High School Spanish Meets a Taxi Driver: A Typical Language Learning “Fail” We’re leaving behind the noisy, smoking buses and crowded, twisting streets of Tegucigalpa, and it’s finally quiet enough to make conversation with the taxi driver. The only problem is that he doesn’t speak English, and my Spanish is rudimentary at best. “¿Cómo está?” I ask. He scrunches his…
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Hospitality. The word brings to mind warm conversation, warm food, and…lots of work? If hospitality is overwhelming you, consider the following: While hospitality can seem such a gift to guests, I believe it’s actually just as great a gift to you. Opening your home means a lot of work. It may mean keeping a cleaner home than you’d prefer. Certainly your food…
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Every month, thousands of people read our post on the 10 Most Toxic Essential Oils. To balance the coverage a bit, we’ve done additional research on the most dangerous types of cleaning products for you to use in your home. Just like with the essential oils, these toxic cleaning supplies should be kept locked away from the little ones. As…
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Have you ever imagined your own epitaph? I still remember the college class I had in which we were supposed to give a speech imagining our own epitaphs. I sat out in my car feeling physically ill I was so afraid to give that speech. It wasn’t just the fear of Oral Communications making me want to vomit; it was…
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