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  • Ten Ways to Get the Perfect Valentine’s Gift
    Posted on Monday, February 12th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 13, 10 Valentine's gifts, Carol McClain, love, Valentine's, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain: @  carol _mcclain No. Not another money-evaporating day. Anniversaries–nowadays monthly as well as yearly–birthdays and Mother’s/Father’s Days and whatever else is invented. (As I write this it’s actually Lincoln’s birthday . Do we have to get him a gift, too?) Valentine’s Day will arrive this Wednesday. A day we celebrate our love and are usually compelled to buy …[ read more ]

  • Love–Not Perfection: What God Expects
    Posted on Monday, February 13th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character, character counts, John 12:35, love, love--not prerfection: what God Expects, Matt. 22:36-40

     By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:35 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain A young friend was expecting her first baby. Family prepared a baby shower on a Sunday afternoon and, of course, all those she loved were invited. This included her church family from …[ read more ]

  • Your Life As A NASCAR Race
    Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: chaos, family, love

    The NASCAR Busch Series field at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You know your life resembles NASCAR. You race at incredible speeds, near misses, exhilarating moments, crashes, boredom, re-starts. It’s exhausting. Then the race ends and what do you have? That’s been my life lately. Family visited my new home in …[ read more ]

  • Are You Really a Disciple?
    Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: church, discipleship, love

    Image via Wikipedia In our chaotic lives, we delight in church. We sing and Jesus meets us. Suddenly the cares of the world drift away. Then we hear a good message. We cry because it convicts us. We rejoice, because we are justified. Of course, when someone brings in the special homemade treats, we really love …[ read more ]

  • Lessons from Scrapbooking
    Posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: love, restoration, scrapbooking

                I’ll state the obvious. I love to scrap. The pictures I use create loving memories—even of the hard times, like when I ran a race in a hurricaine or the water innudated my basement. I take a picture and then laugh as I recall the events that prompted me.             It’s a messy hobby. …[ read more ]

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      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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