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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…
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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…
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By: Mandie Nelson You know those days you have when life feels a little mundane, but you don’t really have the time – or energy! – to get out of that rut? Yeah, me too. So, I’ve assembled a list of my top seven easy little life hacks to put a little flavor into even…
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By: Mandie Nelson We all have those friends that come into our lives for a season, perhaps to love us into our next phase when we can’t make it on our own. Such is my friend Rachel, affectionately nicknamed Rachel Green. We must’ve watched the entire series of “Friends” in the early 2000s more times…
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By: Mandie Nelson 8/15/23 Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” How many times have you needed wisdom in navigating a difficult situation? Is your natural first inclination to pray for divine intervention? If so, you know this principle well. …
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By: Mandie Nelson 8/12/2023 My Gramma had the softest hands. And one of the kindest, most gentle hearts of anyone you could ever meet. She too was a survivor. Came through two World Wars, the Great Depression, and the loss of more family members than she could count. Yet, her heart stayed as soft and…
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By: Mandie Nelson 8/12/2023 What you’re reading here is years in the making. I’m just a small-town girl, raised on a hobby farm in the foothills of Appalachia, now a professor-turned-writer, wife, and marketing specialist living in a big city. Well…Cleveland. Okay, a suburb of Cleveland. But, still. It’s a bit fortuitous that I reside…
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