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December is a dangerous time for that dollar bill in your pocket. You gotta love the little bells ringing at the doorway of every retailer and the bajillion pieces of mail stuffing your mailbox with last-minute pleas. It’s that end-of-the-year rush for non-profits to meet their budgets and private citizens to round out their tax ��

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In the comment section below, tell me one of your favorite birthday traditions to be entered to win a free copy of Love in a Broken Vessel! Be sure to include your email address in the comment. Deadline to enter is midnight (PST) December 12, 2013. I’ll use a random number generator to choose the winner, ��

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Thanksgiving is over, so I won’t talk about turkeys. Let’s talk ostriches. (Go with me here. It will make sense eventually.) You know how an ostrich hides, right? It sticks its head in the sand and leaves its tail feathers (and the rest of itself) exposed to the whole world! Sort of defeats the purpose ��

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Book Description: As a boy, Melchior is fascinated by stars but has rigid obligations to apprentice with his rug-making father. When his life is radically changed, he is propelled onto a new path full of danger and glory in pursuit of a special star. The journey leads Melchior to reflect on life and death, dreams ��

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If you haven’t noticed, I’m going to fill you in on a little secret…Scripture can be confusing. We read stories translated from ancient Middle-Eastern texts with a 21st-century Western-culture mindset—and say, “Huh?�� But God�� Don’t you love that phrase? But God�� It erases all the impossibilities we face. Even the roadblock of understanding His Word. ��

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Christmas has always been special at our house. My husband begins the countdown on December 26th with the statement—“We’re on our way to next Christmas!�� June 25th is also a big day: “We’re halfway to Christmas!�� he says. And from the time our daughter Trina was six and Emily was four, we’ve celebrated the tradition ��

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(These deals are advertised to EXPIRE 12-31-13!!! Always check the price before download.) Give the Gift of Story Are you giving someone special a new iPad or iPhone? Maybe a KindleFire for Christmas? Maybe just copy these links into a card or paste them into an e-card for a fun (and free) addition to your ��

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“Day 22—I’m thankful for…�� We’re a little early with Thanksgiving greetings, but I’m inspired by all those thankful folks on Facebook! They absolutely put me to shame with their consistency and stick-tuitive-ness. I have a hard time remembering to take my vitamins every day, let alone maintaining a thankful heart every day leading up to ��

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Happy Release Day�� November 15th! Today we chat with my dear friend and author, Bonnie Leon, about the revised and re-released version of her very first novel, The Journey of Eleven Moons. This fantastic Alaskan-adventure novel was first published twenty years ago (Thomas Nelson), and re-released TODAY! I’m excited to glimpse life in the Aleut tribe ��

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If you’ve been following my Facebook escapades, you know I’ve recently spent some time at a mountain cabin belonging to some friends. Which mountain? Snag Mountain. Never heard of it? Maybe that’s because our friends named it. I suppose if you bought the top of it, homesteaded and raised your children on it, live and ��

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