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Letter from God: Don’t Worry or Regret
Here's one of the "Letters from God" from my book Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries. This letter is from the chapter on regretsand how regrets can be a form of worry. My Precious Daughter: I did give you the ability to remember the past, but it was My...
Advent Project: Box of Blessings
Here's an article I wrote many years ago that explained our Advent Project that I created. Hope you can use it. If you'd like me to email you the complete project with ideas for all of the "gifts," email me at Kathyspeak AT aol DOT com. Our 7‑year‑old daughter...
What’s Your Policy About Thanksgiving?
Have you come across the definition that wikipedia.com gives for "Faith in Christianity"? Here it is: "In the understanding of Jesus it [faith] was an act of trust and of self-abandonment by which people no longer rely on their own strength and policies but commit...
Use the Alphabet to Banish Worry
Congratulations, Linda Thomas, you are the winner of Hector and Sue Badeau's book Are We There Yet? The Ultimate Road Trip: Adopting & Raising 22 Kids! Thank you to everyone who put in your name. My next giveaway will be Christin Ditchfield's book What Women...
Looking Back Now about Motherhood
I believe we should resist regrets (it's a form of worry), but I can't help but sharing some things I do wish I'd done better in parenting. My purpose is, hopefully, by sharing this tidbit others will benefit. The main spiritual thing I wished I'd done more, is say,...
Kindle Book FREE of “Partly Cloudy…”
Below is my vignette about Esther from my book, Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries. By the way: could you help me? The Kindle ebook of that book will be FREE on Monday, November 17th. The publisher is making it free for ONE day so that we can have more reviews on...
Worry Solution: Think of Worst Possible Thing
When I was an older teenager and a new Christian, I attended a seminar where I heard a principle for how to diminish worry. I was all ears! The day after the seminar I returned to my part-time job in the morning and college classes afterwards. There were no extra...
Book Give-Away: “Are We There Yet?”
Read below for an opportunity to win this book! How would you like to have 22 children? How would you like to have adopted most of them even though the majority have significant health challenges, including serious special needs? Sounds daunting, doesn't it? Maybe...
Jesus’ Patient School of Discipleship
Have you ever noticed how much the Disciples interrupted Jesus? By the time I'd finished reading through the four Gospels, I'd really started to notice it. Not only did they interrupt, they told him what to do. Remember Peter's rebuke to Jesus: "You will never wash my...
What Words Do You Call “Worry”?
I’ll never forget that Christmas Eve in the Los Angeles basin. I was eight years old and we had gone to my grandparents’ home for our celebration. When we left their home around 9 PM, dense fog had socked-in the area—so thick we couldn’t see within ten feet of...
An Exceptional Story of a Homecoming Queen
This is an exceptional story. Check it out:http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/11/04/elected-homecoming-queen-an-exceptional-story/
Recommended Book: “Examine Your Faith!”
Do you know about the distinctions between the different world's religious faiths? If someone asked you about what a Buddhist believes, would you know? If someone asked you to explain how Christianity is different than other religions, could you do it convincingly? It...
New Book Baby!!!!!
I bet you didn't even know I was pregnant! Well, the truth is, I was expecting a book baby. But truthfully, it's really a "born again" book baby. It's called Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries.The first time it came out in May, 2005, with Bethany House Publishers. I...
Could That Be A Gun in His Pocket?
I had the weirdest Sunday morning some time ago. A man most likely in his 20's sat two seats away from me in church dressed in long black pants, a black baggy jacket even though it was 80-plus degrees outside, and he "wore" a glum expression with hardened eyes. In...
Recommended Book: Squeeze More God-Time into Your Day
I'm so pleased to feature a guest devotional from author and speaker Julie B. Cosgrove. I think you'll enjoy her post and you can also check out her great book.Squeezing God Inby Julie B CosgroveWhere can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your...
Could You Refrain from Giving Your Opinion?
Congratulations to Nicci who won the copy of Until We All Come Home by Kim de Blecourt. I know you'll love it, Nicci! I heard recently about an assignment given at a conference. Everyone was told to find someone to partner with whom they didn't know. Then they were...
Captain Phillips from the Movie
For some reason I paid attention to my list of topics for my blog and noticed the topic: "Captain Phillips." Did I write about Captain Phillips? You mean—the Captain Phillips in the new movie, "Captain Phillips" with Tom Hanks starring in the title role? I...
Letter from God: “My Father In Me”
Just a reminder: I'll be drawing one winner for the book Until We All Come Home by Kim de Blecourt (with Ginger Kolbaba) this coming Monday, October 14th. To put your name into the drawing, make a comment on my blog or email me: Kathyspeak AT dc DOT rr DOT com. Now...