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This five star review though . . .
A new five star review just populated for “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” on Amazon. It had me just in shock, I was so stunned. For all the right reasons. Not only does it reinforce things other reviews have said about how the book is truly unique and finds its way before the…
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On work
We celebrate Labor Day today in the US. I’m working half a day for time and a hal.f (I’m in the healthcare industry re: day job and we needed a skeleton crew today). This feels like a great day to reflect on work. Work can be a drudgery and a frustration, but it truly is…
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Sunday Reflection: Take up your cross
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” It’s hard…
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Thoughts on the comfort zone
I went on a Catholic women’s retreat this weekend that took me way out of my comfort zone. I am glad I went. I am still not entirely sure why God wanted me there. I certainly gained something in the way of community, and had some things reinforced about what my spiritual gifts are. So…
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Do you shoot for a daily word count? Try weekly, or even monthly, instead
I enjoy listening to comedian Jen Fulwiler’s podcast from time to time, and she recently talked about how it can be useful to expand our goals, time-wise, for the sake of our own sanity. For instance, do you shoot for writing 1000 words a day? Do you feel frustrated, guilty, angry, or overwhelmed when life…
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Thankful Thursday: Grateful for my local tribe
September will mark a year from meeting my Church tribe–a beautiful group of ladies who formed my third small group at an adult education course at my Church parish that I help to run twice a year. I’ve been part of a number of small groups at this course, called Alpha–it’s run in a lot…
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Quality versus quantity while writing a first draft
I want to address the issue of quality versus quantity (word count) in first drafts today. I see SOOO many people on social media obsessing over word count, or on meeting daily word count goals. If you’re a full time writer with contract deadlines, maybe that makes sense. But I’m guessing that’s not the case.…
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Hurricane Katrina 18 years later
I was a Junior at the University of Alabama when Hurricane Katrina took out my hometown and left my parents’ home under some 8 feet of water. I didn’t get the evacuation experience–I had been in my dorm room out of state for a good two weeks before the storm came. My first trip back…
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Life’s about to get more busy
As of last Wednesday, with our first training as members of “team,” life is about to get more busy. I’m working once again on Alpha team my Catholic parish–it’s an adult education course of sorts, where I run a small group discussion of questions and themes designed around a series of videos. I’ve done it…
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Sunday Reflection: Discipleship doesn’t mean perfection here and now
The Gospel passage this Sunday at Mass involves Simon Peter receiving his new name–as we Catholics would say, Jesus names him the first Pope. Peter then, immediately, proceeds to make an idiot of himself and be rebuked by Jesus. I read a reflection once, I believe by Bishop Sheen, about the reason Jesus chose the…
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