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If You're Thinking of Quitting, Don't Do It!

11/9/2017

I almost packed it in this year; nearly quit freelancing to get a "real job". Bills were mounting, debt was climbing, and I needed an income. Fast.

So I set a do-or-die goal – if I could accomplish it, I would count it as traction and keep pursuing my online career. If I didn’t hit it though, it was J-O-B time.

Talk about stressful. I worried at night, and sent out job applications during the day for jobs I wasn’t even sure I wanted. I even interviewed a few times and it looked like I had an in.
But something inside of me just really, really, really wanted to do freelance (and not starve doing it!)

Then something happened.

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THE BATTLE AND THE SWORD

8/29/2017

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It was about six years ago when I readied to speak to a church full of people. I was eager to share my testimony, worship together, and come together to share our hearts and provisions with desperate believers in Asia.

As the day drew near, my mind flooded with doubt. Oddly, the doubt was not related at all to what I was about to do or say.
For some reason, those fiery arrows were aimed at the heart of my perception of God and self.

Not now! I thought. I don’t have time to question why I exist right now!!

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Cucumber Memories

8/19/2017

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I lay the two freshly picked cucumbers by the sink, dusting off some of the garden soil that powders their bumpy skins. They’ll make for a crisp snack of slices later.

Returning to the table, I sip coffee and consider the day’s tasks. As I mindlessly raise my hands to my face to massage my morning face awake, it happens. I’m brought back in time by a smell – what is it? I inhale again. It’s an old, familiar smell; the scent of cucumbers and soil. I close my eyes and am transported decades into the past, standing in our old childhood playshed near the garden.

I can smell the musty floorboards and unfinished chipboard walls.

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How Her Marriage Was Transformed by the Power of Unconditional Love

7/31/2017

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- by Danielle Bernock

The word love is thrown around flippantly yet it’s the most powerful force that exists. But not just any kind of love – unconditional love.

It can change your life if you’ll believe it like Christy did.

Christy was miserable in her marriage and wanted relief from the pain.

The following is an interview with Christy and how she prayed the strangest prayer, got an unexpected answer and changed the course of her life.

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How to Overcome Fear and Finally Start...

7/21/2017

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Have you ever wanted to do something – write a book, take a class, start your own business, whatever – and were too afraid to start?

Me too. But no more!

In this video, I'll give you two critical keys to overcome that fear of starting and just ... start.

I think you'll be surprised at the breakthrough you'll experience if you take these two steps.

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The Kind of Person I Want to Be

7/17/2017

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In less than three minutes hundreds of lives were impacted.

Hundreds of families and friends were left wondering what the last thing was they’d said to each other. Whatever it was, it had been the last.

This time it was my turn to sit in a pew for a friend.

To watch them say goodbye too soon.

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How to Slow Down in a Busy Day: A Lesson from my Daughter

6/23/2017

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I'm so thankful for my children.

I learn a lot from them.

Like their need for patience. Or my need for grace.

One day we drove home, a cloud of dust billowing behind us on the country road as I raced from one thing to another. My mind raced. The car raced. Time seemed to always run out every day and leave things undone.

As we sped past the grass, my ten year old daughter pressed her forehead against the window and watched the grass blur by.

"Oh!! I saw flowers!!" she said.

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When God's Love and Grace Rock Your World All Over Again...

6/6/2017

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You know how sometimes a new understanding of a basic truth grabs your heart and rocks your world? Like all of the sudden the idea that God's grace just blows your mind all over again?

I love that.

And it's happening again...

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Chapter 30: Cancer and The Gift of Laughter

4/4/2017

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After Mom's near 3-month stay in hospital, some of these comics are a whole lot funnier. I get it now... >.

I haven't been able to even look at this story for months.

But, Mom's been gone for almost two months now, and I felt drawn to read her story again.

For those who don't know, my mom's 6 year long battle with Multiple Myeloma (bone and blood cancer) ended in February of this year. Since the phone call that launched this whole difficult journey, I've been recording it. What began as a journal became a story of strength, faith, and the light that shines best in darkness.

I didn't begin by writing a book, but it may well become one.

Here's an excerpt that made me laugh this week. I hope it does the same for you.

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What 16 Publishing Contracts Taught Me About Ego, Publishing, and Making Money as a Hybrid Author-preneur

3/31/2017

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Guest Post By Tracy Krauss
I used to think finding an agent and securing a traditional publishing deal was the pinnacle of writing success.

It would prove I was legit.
I’d finally be able to call myself a writer without feeling like a fraud.

Since my first book came out in 2009, however, my thinking has changed. I’ve signed sixteen traditional contracts, had an agent, said good-bye to that agent, used a vanity press twice, and self-published using both Createspace and Lightning Source. I've learned a few things.
I’m now a hybrid – a new breed of writer trying to use the best from both worlds.

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If You're Thinking of Quitting, Don't Do It!

THE BATTLE AND THE SWORD

Cucumber Memories

How Her Marriage Was Transformed by the Power of Unconditional Love

How to Overcome Fear and Finally Start...

The Kind of Person I Want to Be

How to Slow Down in a Busy Day: A Lesson from my Daughter

When God's Love and Grace Rock Your World All Over Again...

Chapter 30: Cancer and The Gift of Laughter

What 16 Publishing Contracts Taught Me About Ego, Publishing, and Making Money as a Hybrid Author-preneur

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