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A simple plan for the best Advent ever
Advent is just around the corner, and many people feel like it sneaks up on them — perhaps catching them by surprise. In the busyness of this life, what can […]
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A challenge in Vancouver
Outside Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver, Canada, is an unusual statue. It sits just outside the entrance to the church. If you are walking into the church, you approach it […]
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What we do and how we do it
“Can I talk to you?” she asked, this daughter of mine, on an evening after a particularly stressful and exhausting day for me. It was late. I had just plopped […]
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The value of work
All of us are liable to complain of our work. We grumble at the hardness of our work, at its monotony and dullness, at the lack of time to rest […]
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The power of gentleness
About 15 years ago, when all my children were still at home, I contracted a severe upper respiratory infection. One of the side effects was that I completely lost my […]
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Beautiful strength
Mariana is a beautiful woman in her sixties, a former professional ballerina trained in the Russian classical style. She performed as a principal dancer in the Israeli Ballet and is […]
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A lesson learned and a life in pink
I want to share something very personal and, in my mind, significant and relevant to readers, but I don’t want to come off as braggy or know-it-all. In fact, there […]
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My daughter’s word
By Theresa Thomas I thought I might let my 19-year-old tell you something in her own words. “I was praying about a word that God might give me to focus […]
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A special family gift
By Theresa Thomas I had a special project I was working on for my family for Christmas this year. I’d been mulling over the idea for a long time and […]
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Mom’s guide to an old-fashioned, blessed, wonderful Christmas
By Teresa Thomas I’ve been yearning for simplicity lately. Have you? During this Advent season, I suggest we turn inward and even backward a bit, to create for our families […]
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Busy, busy, busy
By Teresa Thomas Yesterday, I was driving around in the car for three hours. First, at 3 p.m. I picked up a high school daughter from school. We dropped her […]
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A lesson from dependence: Seeing things differently
By Teresa A. Thomas Less than five weeks ago, I had a partial knee replacement. I’m on the young side to need this procedure, but family heredity, an extremely active […]