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What Would You Say Now To Shame?

This is my answer, and this is for any of you who’ve battled with shame. The shame from grief, loss, failure, rejection, sins you’ve committed, sins committed against you, trauma you’ve endured, you fill in the blanks.

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My Next Book Idea…and I need YOUR advice!

This is my mission for anyone who would read this next book…that she would become more sensitive and compassionate to a woman in her life who has lost a baby.

I would love for this book to be from the many hearts of women who have lost babies. If that is YOU, and you have lost a baby (miscarriage, stillborn, and/or infant), I would be grateful if you filled out the following form…

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I can never look at a fall leaf the same

While many are obsessing over all things pumpkin spice or debating if it’s too early to put up their Christmas tree, I have a different emotional response this time of year. I can never look at a fall leaf the same. Both of my sons, Seth and Roi, were due to be born in the fall. And the Lord spoke to me through the process of leaves dying. Here is a chapter excerpt from my book, Living Hope…

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Is Grief Your Friend or Enemy?

How do you perceive grief? Do you run from it? Do you need to change your perspective on grief as a friend and not the enemy? There are only two directions when pain hits: toward God or away from Him.

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