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Permission People
“When I was a little girl, I used to dream as a man, because I wanted to do things that women didn’t do back then such as traveling to Africa, living with wild animals, and writing books. I didn’t have any female explorers or scientists to look up to but I was inspired by Dr.…
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One Day, Adam
I’m considering taking my book, “When God Got His Hands Dirty” off my Amazon shelf, dusting it off and making some changes. I wrote that book with my middle school students in mind and now I’d like to adjust it for a wider audience and maybe see if I can sell it through a more…
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Welcome to the Breakdown, the Shakedown
My daughter is a musician and artist. She’s the Worship Pastor at the church that she helped start. When she graduated high school she felt led to go to college and study to be a missionary. Having been following Christ since she was a child, then attending a Christian high school, it was almost inevitable…
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Three Devotions About Trusting God
I accomplished two things with this post. One, I needed to preach to myself and two, I needed to share a sample of my writing. I hope a third thing happens: I hope you are blessed. Peace, my friends. Three Devotionals on Trusting God 1. Trust God and Not Your Own Understanding “Trust in the…
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Trusting God Is Hard
We knew when Steave got laid off 10 months ago that this was something God was doing. We knew because it wasn’t something Steave did or didn’t do, the corporate entity made an indiscriminate choice. There was no one to blame or get mad at. We also knew God was up to something because we…
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My Little Books & The Story of St. Valentine
Have you ever heard of the artist, Jackson Pollock? He was an artist whose technique was to throw and drip paint onto a canvas. It seems that his technique was intuitive, not so much planned as felt. I kind of feel like my writing follows his technique: I throw thoughts and words at a page.…
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Faith Like Sourdough
Remember the bread making craze during the Covid pandemic? I didn’t join in then, but now I am trying my hand at making sourdough starter, and eventually bread, I hope! Creating sourdough bread is a process of patience, care, and trust. It starts with a simple mixture of flour and water, but over time, as…
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Tending Our Gardens
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Genesis 2:15 My father-in-law is a gardener, my husband learned to love gardening from him, and now our daughter loves to garden. All three of them possess patience, gentleness, and an acceptance of…
Jill Libramento 