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Blogging Year in Review

Posted in Blogging on December 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I like to look back through my posts of the previous year and highlight some of my favorites for each month. January: Packing Up Christmas and Help For “Winter Blues.” February: The edge of the road and Where is the grace? and The Dinner Party That Wasn’t. March: Coping when husband is away and Controversies [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Posted in Friday's Fave Five on December 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week, wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read [...]

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Favorite Books of 2011

Posted in Books on December 29, 2011 | 8 Comments »

I posted a list of books read this year here. It’s been a great year for reading! Here are some of my favorites from the year and why: you can click on the links to the reviews for more reasons why I liked them. Non-fiction: 1. Beyond Suffering: Discovering the Message of Job by Layton [...]

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Books Read in 2011

Posted in Books on December 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Non-fiction: A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz, not reviewed. A Novel Idea: Everything You Need to Know about Writing Inspirational Fiction, reviewed here. Beyond Suffering: Discovering the Message of Job by Layton Talbert, reviewed here. Excellent. Boyhood and Beyond: Practical Wisdom for Becoming a Man by Bob Schultz, read with my youngest son reviewed [...]

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Whew!

Posted in Family, Holidays on December 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Did any of the rest of you feel like that after Christmas? It’s been a very good but very full few days. Jason and Mittu were planning to go to OK to see her mom for Christmas, and we were planning to exchange our gifts with them the night before they left, which would also [...]

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What’s On Your Nighstand: December

Posted in Books on December 27, 2011 | 13 Comments »

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. Here is what I finished since last time: Created for Work: Practical Insights for Young Men by Bob Schultz, read with [...]

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The Week In Words

Posted in Christian Life, Holidays, Quotes, The Week in Words on December 26, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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Who Is He?

Posted in Christian Life, Holidays, Thoughts From Scripture on December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Who is He in yonder stall At Whose feet the shepherds fall? Who is He in deep distress, Fasting in the wilderness? Refrain: ’Tis the Lord! O wondrous story! ’Tis the Lord! the King of glory! At His feet we humbly fall, Crown Him! crown Him, Lord of all! Who is He the people bless [...]

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Christmas Reading

Posted in Holidays on December 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Merry Christmas Eve! I imagine most of you are either starting your Christmas celebrations today or finishing last-minute preparations. But if you’re looking for some reflective, funny, or otherwise interesting Christmas reading, here are some past posts here at Stray Thoughts. Christmas Devotional Reading. Links mostly to Creative Ladies Ministry and Elisabeth Elliot‘s Christmas articles. Christmas-based [...]

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