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It’s Okay to be Sad
I was sad today. As someone who struggled with clinical depression for years, I know all too well that you don’t even have to encounter any specific trigger to slump into a soggy mood that you just can’t seem to shake. There are SO many facets of human beings that it would take a lifetime Read more
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Mandie’s Easy Fried Cabbage and Noodles
It’s no secret that I like to cook, BUT only if the dish is something I can whip up without a recipe. I have to be able to easily memorize the ingredients, or I’m probably not going to make it again. For that reason, I’ll try to share recipes that you too can throw the Read more
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Beware the Wildebeest
We were stopped at a red light earlier today as we were leaving one of the area’s large box stores. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and as usual, I was looking around at the scenery as my hubby and I chatted comfortably on the way home. I noticed something yellow sticking out in the Read more
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Would you rather throw a birthday party, or a funeral?
By: Mandie Nelson I heard a local pastor say these words the other day, and it stopped me in my tracks. “You can either throw a birthday party or a funeral…with your words.” Whoa. He’s not wrong. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongues, and those who love it Read more
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The State of Affairs
By: Mandie Nelson This world is hurting. You don’t need to watch the news (we don’t in our home!) to hear that our lands are burning, people are being displaced from their homes at unprecedented levels, more and more young, healthy adults are dying in record numbers, and global fear is on the rise. We Read more
God turns all schemes of the enemy around.
“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”
(Genesis 50:20)
Amanda Nelson, Founder of Fireside Chat Ministries
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