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Life is real, and sometimes we need real encouragement as we go about our days. You’ll find that here, and a little bit more.
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2020 Is Making Us Stronger, Better, And More Resilient
I'm updating my thinking today. I'm declaring 2020 is making you and me--all of us--stronger, better, and more resilient people. Because I'm tired of wishing 2020 was over. I'm tired of being on edge, wondering what other pandemic or disaster or terrible experience...
A Beautiful Gift: The Dawn Of A New Day
Wow. What a week we've experienced here in Iowa! Last Monday, with 20 minutes of warning, a derecho (never heard this term before last week) ripped through the center of our state, leaving much damage and destruction is its wake. Unfortunately, we, along with many...
In Case You’re Wondering, There Is More To Life Than This
My last post got some of us thinking as I shared the story of when I voiced driving to work one day, "there's got to be more to life than this." It got me thinking, too, about life today. In these troubled and turbulent times. As the devastation of this pandemic...


