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Continue reading →: Weaponizing the Wag: When Passive-Aggressive Tactics Backfire
“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.” — Proverbs 18:15 We’ve covered a lot of ground this week. From my backyard sanctuary to the “fence saga,” we’ve looked at behaviors that do more than just “stick in my craw”—they provide a masterclass in…
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Continue reading →: Weaponizing the Wag: When Passive-Aggressive Tactics Backfire
“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.” — Proverbs 26:27 Have you ever noticed how some people use their pets to say what they aren’t brave enough to say to your face? In my ongoing “fence saga,” things took a…
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Continue reading →: The Know-It-All Mask: Navigating Conversational Moving Targets
“Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.” — Proverbs 26:12 If you spend enough time in your backyard, you eventually learn that not every “expert” over the fence actually knows what they’re talking about. In my garden sanctuary, I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Faith or Foliage? Recognizing Spiritual Performance in Difficult Neighbors
“Every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.” — Luke 6:44 If you are looking for me, you can find me in my backyard. That is my sanctuary—a happy space where I tend to life…
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Continue reading →: The $10,000 Smile vs. The Broken Fence: Lessons in Strategic Poverty
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.” — Proverbs 16:8 We’ve all heard the phrase “keeping up with the Joneses,” but what happens when the Joneses are busy performing a masterpiece of Strategic Poverty? Last week, we talked about claiming the “Full Loaf” of our own lives. This week,…
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Continue reading →: The Faith Manifesto: Why I’m Not Shrinking Anymore
“Our unity as Christians is not based on our masks or our labels, but on the blood that bought us all.” — Anonymous Hey y’all! It’s Friday in the Rockies, and my soul feels as clear as this mountain air. We’ve spent this week walking through the corridors of my mind,…
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Continue reading →: The Mirror of Truth: Would I Walk Through This Door?
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. We are a tapestry of many colors, many faiths, and many stories, but the thread that holds us together is the same: the divine spark of womanhood.” — Adapted from Maya Angelou Hey y’all! Oh my goodness, I have been…
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Continue reading →: Title: The Art of the Edit: When the Spirit Rewrites the Heart
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 I have always loved the title of the 2003 television movie Love Comes Softly. Based on Janette Oke’s novel and directed by Michael Landon Jr., it…
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Continue reading →: The Gift in the “Wrong” Packaging: When God Answers Beyond the Line
“God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.” — Anonymous Years ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I sent a specific cry up to Heaven. I prayed for a man who could truly love me. I didn’t give God a list of requirements or physical limitations; I just wanted a companion…
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