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SATURDAISIES: Was this the greatest week ever? Or are you running for the hills?
Some Americans believe this was the greatest week ever. Some are running for the hills. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, may I lend some perspective? Three hot topics all hit the fan this week:...
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SATURDAISIES: There’s Freedom in Menopause and Other Ramblings
Good morning. Happy Independence Day to everyone. And by “everyone”, I mean everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the freedoms you’ve been given simply by being born in this country or by becoming a...
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SATURDAISIES: My Biggest Sins – Confessions of a Big-Mouth Christian
Who is sick of it yet? The Confederate flag. Marriage equality. Religious Freedom. Gun control. Racial tension. Education. Our prison system. Global warming. Pot. Health care. And let’s not forget...
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SATURDAISIES: Hope Givers Book Trailer
Is it Friday? Already? Because during the summer, every day is Saturday for me. It is only because of this blog that I try to keep track of the days of the week from June 1st until the middle of...
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SATURDAISIES: How Has the Holy Spirit Messed YOU Up?
The Holy Spirit messes me all up. Don’t laugh. It’s true. She does. You know, I used to be able to sustain anger like a boss. I could hold a grudge like nobody’s business. Where once I could brew...
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SATURDAISIES: Please Let What God is Telling You Be Louder than What Those in...
I remember a couple of years ago when a “surge” of children walked to this country… walked… all the way from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador because their lives in their own countries were too...
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SATURDAISIES: Juxtaposition — It’s Everywhere
Two guys are pretty big in the news right now: One is Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who bought a 62-year old pill that cost a little over ten bucks for just one, and then jacked the...
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SATURDAISIES: Aging Gracefully — There’s More Riding on This Than You Think!
I’m 49. And three weeks. And one day. I’m not old, and everything is relative, right? But it’s becoming ever apparent to me that I’m not a shiny new penny either. Nora Ephron wrote a book...
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I Think We Should All Sit Down and Have a Cup of Coffee in a Big, Red Cup!
Sweet little baby Jesus on a unicycle. Please tell me these rants are merely the death throes of a way of thinking and doing life that doesn’t have very much longer to exist on this planet:...
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SATURDAISIES: Aging Gracefully — Part Two
Since it’s always great to talk about the body parts that are falling apart in our declining years, I posted a piece last week recounting the gloriousness of all that and suggested gently that we do it...
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SATURDAISIES: Now that the Red Cup Brouhaha is Over… What Next?
For all the people who jumped on the Starbucks Hates Jesus bandwagon, (you’ve GOT to see the video on this link!) just as many people are saying that they’re tired of it. Well? Unlucky me, because...
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SATURDAISIES: Hope is Here… and Holly Was Too
This week I have been shown extravagant love. It started last Friday afternoon when My Holly Chamberlain and Sean-Martin, who had been conspiring since August to give me the surprise of my entire...
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SATURDAISIES: Pretty Love
Love is so pretty. Sometimes it comes in the form of roses and sweet notes. Sometimes it snuggles up to us courtesy of a very sleepy baby with a tummy full of milk and not a care in this world....
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SATURDAISIES: “God Isn’t Fixing This!” So, I’ve Heard…
So. This headline went out recently: Gotta sell copy, right? With a headline like that, the Daily News certainly peddled a few papers, stirred up yet another controversy in America, and got people...
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For those who call me Aunt Daisy…
In my heart are many biscuits, nieces, and nephews… I love them. I think about them. I pray for them. I wish every good thing for them. They call me Aunt Daisy. A few of those nieces and nephews are...
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SATURDAISIES: Wisdom from Tim Stafford
“The greatest incubator for hopelessness is isolation.” ~ Dr. Tim Stafford Yesterday I Instagramed another #AffirmationFriday for my good friend, Tim Stafford. I worked with Tim at a private...
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SATURDAISIES: 1.16.16 – If My Pastor Would Stop Preaching for a While, I...
Not kidding. If Reverend Jim Halbert from my church, Crossroads Community, would go to Hawaii for a six-week sabbatical, I could probably finish Hope Givers. I guess a girl could write forever about...
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SATURDAISIES: It’s RAIN Writer Saturday with Janelle Stauffer – 5 Truths (for...
by Janelle Stauffer I’m a trauma therapist. As a specialist, I’m blessed to say that I’ve been through many trainings from leading researchers and scientists about how to safely and efficiently work...
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SATURDAISIES: Yes, Another Holly Chamberlain Post
So. You know. I’m standing there in my classroom just before Thanksgiving making sure that my biscuits understand how to make in-text citations, MLA style, because that’s pretty important since I send...
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SATURDAISIES: There’s No Such Thing as a “Safe Zone”— The 4th in the Holly...
Actor Anthony Geary (Luke of the famed “Luke and Laura” on General Hospital) said once that he lied a lot as a child and believed his lies, which he thought was a natural step into acting. We silly...
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