Bite of Bread, hope

Bite of Bread: Bible Reading Plan for Hope

  Is anyone else having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit? Me too. My neighborhood is filled with houses all decked out for the celebration. Ann Voskamp Periscoped about the night before advent. And Facebook is filled with pictures of Christmas trees all pretty and perfect in my friends’ homes. I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving. And, I confess, I still have …

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scripture list, thankfulness

5 Scriptures of Thankfulness for a Lifestyle of Thanksgiving

  I’m thankful for a day set aside specifically for me to say “thanks”–to focus on what I have and not what I don’t. [tweetability]But I want my thankfulness to be a lifestyle rather than a one day event.[/tweetability] Sometimes I need help in the “thank you, God” department. These scriptures help. They give me eternal words to pray and …

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thankfulness

What if You Woke Up Tomorrow Only to What You Thanked God for Today?

{This image is a gift to you! Please share and use however you want.} As a friend and I closed our phone conversation the other day, she said, “Oh…oh…oh.. I have to ask you something somebody asked me the other day.” She paused for a thoughtful moment and then shot this question through the airwaves. “If you woke up tomorrow to …

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Bite of Bread

Bite of Bread: Don’t forget to Feed Your Spirit

This is a busy week for many of us. We will be busy preparing for Thanksgiving, running around buying turkeys and all the fixings for a bountiful meal. I’ll probably go to the grocery six times before the holiday actually arrives. (I always forget something, get home, and think of another ingredient I need.) Some of us will be cleaning …

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fear, worry

If Fear and Anxiety Threaten Your Peace Too

It’s been such a fearful week for many. The Paris massacre. Jews stabbed in Tel Aviv. Threats to the U.S. I’ve had to stop watching the news. Images of ISIS and their propaganda videos are wearing on this not normally anxious woman. I’ve never understood anxiety until the other night when the news images would not let my mind sleep. …

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