Book Review: The Indispensable Kid: Absolutely necessary, essential; incapable of being disregarded
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Book Review: The Indispensable Kid: Absolutely necessary, essential; incapable of being disregarded

From Amazon: No one ever claims that raising children will be easy. Women go through some of the most challenging pain in childbirth. Moments after birth, the mother changes all focus to the life on her chest. People often say that women are so focused on their babies after childbirth that they are rarely overcome…

Help! I’m a Foster Parent by Nikki Hertzler
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Help! I’m a Foster Parent by Nikki Hertzler

Being a foster parent is being intentional in looking for God’s will. And God’s will is often not easy to follow. Foster parenting is gritty and messy, yet also beautiful and rewarding. Help! I’m a Foster Parent contains prayers, scriptures, reflection questions and a personal experience story to encourage foster parents to keep leaning on…

Book Review: The Loneliness Solution by Jack Eason
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Book Review: The Loneliness Solution by Jack Eason

Statistics show that, despite our connected world–and partly because of it–we are lonelier than ever. Social media tricks us into thinking that we are engaged in genuine friendships, except we never quite get beyond that feeling of being outside someone else’s life and looking in every so often at what they choose to show the…

Book Review: Discover Your Hidden Self by John Murray
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Book Review: Discover Your Hidden Self by John Murray

If you ever think negatively about yourself, you are not alone. Many people think far too little of themselves than they should. If you are one of those people, then Discover your Hidden Self was written for you. This book will help build your self-esteem, give you confidence and as one reader said, “it helped…

Janetta Fudge Messmer: God’s Grace in Our Grumbling
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Janetta Fudge Messmer: God’s Grace in Our Grumbling

God’s Grace in Our Grumbling On January 1, 2013, I started a writing challenge my husband suggested for the new year. He said, “Janetta, Day 1, you’ll write 365 words. Day 2, 364 words. And so on. Then on December thirty-one, you’ll only have to type one word.” He’s my brainstorming buddy, but this idea…