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Recipe for Peace
You’re busy. You’re stressed. You have a million things to do and no time to do them, including making dinner. So you reach for a simple recipe. And even though…
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Facing Conflict When Peace is Your Thing
Hi! This is Brian from Afternoons, and I don’t like conflict. Alright, so let’s just end this post, what do you say? 🙂 No? Alright, here goes. If you’re like…
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Prayers God Hasn’t Answered Yet
Maybe it’s not a disappointment. Maybe it’s an opportunity. . . Are you feeling disappointed? Have you been praying about something for what-feels-like-forever, and the end is nowhere in sight?…
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Israel 2020 Informational Meeting
As Jeremy and I (Jill) spend the next several days in the Holy Lands with 50+ friends from the WCIC Community, we’re thinking about you. Seriously!!! One of the biggest…
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5 Ways to Focus on the POSITIVE Today
If you’re anything like me, it’s easy to focus on what’s not right in your life, but science and our faith show us that’s not good for our physical and…
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Winter & Waiting
Winter is a time of waiting. On this flower farm (above), all of the beauty lies beneath the soil for a season of rest. Without that season of cold temperatures,…
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Love Better – 3 Things I’ve Learned from Working with My Wife
How do you guys work together?! Yes, my wife Jill and I wake up at 4:00 am Monday through Friday, and then we host a radio show together. Crazy…I know!! It…
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That We Might Have Life
It’s the question three-year-olds ask over and over: “Why?” But as adults we do it, too. When something is taken from you, don’t you find yourself asking God why? And…
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Hack My Mom Life!
Congratulations to Heather from Roanoke! She shared a “mom hack” that makes her life a little easier, and now she and three friends are headed to the Hearts at Home…
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It’s the Little Things
I cleaned the living room. Boom. Mic Drop. Etc. Yep, I cleaned the living room yesterday and THAT is exactly what I am celebrating today. If you have a chronic…
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Do you really need a…?
A microwave. That’s what it is for us. About 5 years ago, Jeremy’s old microwave he’d bought when he was in grad school finally broke down. Usually that would mean…
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Why Doesn’t Everyone Shop at ALDI?
I saw this article from Reader’s Digest and was like, “Yes to ALL of this: 12 things you should buy at Aldi!” But, seriously, why stop there? As I was…
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