Week 37 Memory Verse: Modern Day Miracles

My seven-year-old son crawled into the chair next to me yesterday morning. It was early, I was spending some time with God, but Ben decided he wanted to spend some time with me. We sat there, the three of us (God, Ben and me), in one comfy little chair with a blanket tucked around us

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Harvey Book Club Reminds Us to Look for the Helpers

When Mr. Rogers was a boy and terrible things would happen around the world, his mom would tell him to look for the helpers. Instead of focusing on the destruction, she encouraged him to look for the good — for those people who were moving forward in kindness. Fred Rogers took that message with him

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We’re in This Together

I had just one question for the doctor: Is this normal? I’ve been cancer-free for two years, but I still go to The James every three months for a check-up. Yesterday was the day. I sat in the white, sterile exam room in a chair eye-level with my medical oncologist. Everything in the room looked

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Week 36 Memory Verse: It’s More Fun to be Right

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it

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Kindness Makes Kid MVP of the game

When I first married my husband, he bought me a book called “Basketball for Dummies.” He was an assistant men’s college basketball coach at the time. I was more interested in the team’s colors and cute apparel than in what was happening on the court. We clearly had some work to do. I asked him

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How My Daughter Got Her Product in Walmart

So a funny thing happened after I had breast cancer. My daughter’s little “Let’s help Mom” sewing project exploded into something that none of us could have ever asked for or imagined. Let’s recap. May 2015: Diagnosed with Stage 2 Lobular Invasive Carcinoma (breast cancer). July 2015: Single mastectomy. August 2015: Doctor declares me “Cancer

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Week 35 Memory Verse: Dealing with Difficult People

I’m sure this article has nothing to do with you. It’s about difficult people. You might want to keep reading though, because you probably know a few folks in your life who fit the description. A difficult person is someone who constantly seems to give their opinion— loudly— even when you haven’t asked for it;

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