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Make the Holidays a Break: Finding Balance, Boundaries, and Stillness
The holidays are supposed to be a time to celebrate, connect, rest, and enjoy the people and traditions that matter to us. Yet for many people, the holiday season can become one of the busiest and most exhausting times of the year. Between shopping, decorating, traveling, parties, family gatherings, school events, work obligations, entertainment, and…
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Stop and Behold!
The snow crunched beneath her feet. It shattered and cracked, like her life, leaving scars and footprints in her wake. She felt like the cracked snow after being trampled on, with footprints and bruises left upon her heart. The air nipped at her nose, numbed her toes, and bit at her hands. Her exposed skin…
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Seek, Find, and Remember
See A Very Special Christmas with Andrea Lauritzen webinar on Brighter Life, It Matters, produced on December 21, 2017. At this time of year, it’s important to 1) seek this Jesus of whom the prophets testified of his coming; 2) find those in need, and serve them in a small and personal manner; and 3)…
