Tag: Family
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Ryan Ransley: Meet the Main Character
Welcome to the first installment of Meet the Main Character! Ryan Ransley, the main character of my current project, has a brain for sports.
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Review: “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton remains one of the most popular books for young adults. I reread The Outsiders to see how the values jive with faith.
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Review: “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob and Brooke Carlisle
In honor of his birthday week, I wanted to review my dad’s and my special book, Butterfly Kisses by Bob and Brooke Carlisle.
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Ish-Bosheth Son of Saul
Thanks to Abner, Ish-Bosheth steps forward as a puppet king of Israel for two years. How did the family lines of depression affect Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul?
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King Saul’s Daughter: Another Look at Michal
As we continue our study of mental illness and Saul, let’s look at Michal again so we can understand how depression affected King Saul’s daughter.
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The Relationship of Jonathan and Saul
Saul’s struggle with mental illness affected more people than just himself. Today, we’re looking at the relationship of Jonathan and Saul in 1 Samuel.
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Handling Stress like Moses: Two Methods
Moses was a pretty stressed-out dude. That doesn’t mean God left Moses to learn handling stress on his own, though! God sent advice in a surprising source.
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Writing for Granna
We spent Thanksgiving lunch at my grandparents’ house for the first time I could remember since I was a child. For whatever reason, the holidays got celebrated in the days before or after the day marked on the calendar, or my grandparents would stop at our house on the way to see other family, or…
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A Little About Me
Since I’ve revamped my blog and hope to see several new faces visiting in the near future, I thought it would be fun to fill out one of those cheesy getting to know you questionnaires we filled out as kids on the first day of school.
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In Honor of Father’s Day
My first memory is riding in the backseat of our Pathfinder while my dad drove. He was wearing his purple college track jacket that reflected the sunlight coming through the windows. My baby brother had been born, he told me. We were going to see Mommy and my new brother at the hospital. I also…