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Bite of Bread: Feeding Your Mind Good Stuff for a Healthier You

  You know what they say. “You are what you eat.” If that is true, I’m afraid I would be a Mcdouble-cheese enchilada as I write this post. That was lunch and dinner. I usually don’t eat that badly, but I do have my days. Last night I roasted some butternut squash to offset the pizza I picked up for …

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The Battle Against Depression: Just Breathe.

  “Praise the LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness.” Psalm 150:1.2 I needed these verses today. Sometimes I need help finding the words to adequately praise God. There are days when I can feel the unseen battle waging against me. Some …

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Have you buried a dream?

As my husband and I watched The Odd Life of Timothy Green, I could feel grief threaten my calm disposition while the actors aptly portrayed the pain of a couple unable to conceive. My heart broke as they wrote down on paper slips each characteristic they dreamed for a child. They placed the inked dreams in a small cedar box …

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Bible Reading Plan

Bite of Bread Bible Reading Plan for Gray Days

Sometimes January ushers in post holiday blues. It’s the let down after all the busyness. We pack the lights and decorations away, spray Pledge, vacuum, and restore our home back to it’s norm. (I have to brag on my three grown children who helped me do this in an hour! It normally takes me two days. I’ve just never asked …

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When a Chapter Ends . . .A New Year Brings Hope

  In what seems now to be another life, (though only 7 years ago) I was a part-time pastor. There were five of us, a huge staff for a small church. But I loved it. It was one of those dreams I had held in my heart since college. I vividly remember standing in my freshmen dorm room at Oklahoma State …

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