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Having a Purposeful Fall Feasts Season
Busy, busy, busy. Feast seasons are busy, but this is especially true of the Fall Feasts. The Fall Feast season is a time filled with much activity. So much so that if we are not careful, we can get so focused on planning those activities that we forget to focus…
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Gathering Ideas for Family & Friends-Adding Meaningful Touches to Your Summertime Fun
Do you wait longingly for the beautiful summer weather to arrive, like I do? Where I live, warm weather is a limited-time luxury. Until August, our outside gatherings include a backup plan in case of rain. The tradeoff is some of the most beautiful forests (including rain forests), snowcapped mountains,…
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Entering in When You Are Not Feeling It
Do you ever struggle to enter into the Sabbath? Do the pressures & distractions of everyday life leave you feeling distracted or disconnected? If your days are anything like mine, you make what can feel like a million decisions all week long and have hundreds of conversations. This leaves my…
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Got Cabin Fever? Winter Virtual Fellowship Ideas
Depending on where you live, fellowshipping in person can be challenging during winter. Between inclement weather and illnesses passing from person to person, you can be kept from congregation or other fellowship gatherings for weeks at a time. I recall a few times when my children were little when we…
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I Must Be About My Father’s Business
While reflecting upon the day’s events, I felt the Father impress some thoughts upon me. Some instructions for me in this season. Perhaps they will ring true for you as well. What the Father had to say to me was two-fold: Carry Out the Last Set of Orders You Received…
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Ascending the Mountain…The Expedition of Our Lives
A Journey to Shavuot Our life is a journey, a great expedition if you will. I believe we all desire to reach the summit at our appointed time, intact and with as little damage done as possible. We want to climb wisely, reaching each assigned goal while staying to the…
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Do your Future Self a Favor: Tips for Holiday Planning & Storage
Do you find yourself repurchasing items because you forgot you already had them? Or worse, repurchasing things you know you have but can’t locate when you need them? Me too! Let’s face it: we are all busy with everyday life and can use all the help we can get. Doing…
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A Fallstead Family Seder
Have you refrained from hosting a Passover Seder because it looks too complicated? Then, I would like to encourage you to try it by sharing a few tips and tricks I have used over the years. Passover Seders do not have to be daunting to prepare or boring to sit…
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Maintaining Our Humanity in a Fallen World
Maybe it is just me, but these last couple of years have been rough with staying informed while not allowing that information to overwhelm or taint you. Over time, we can become desensitized and even insensitive to the needs around us. With so many difficult situations on the rise, it…
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Sabbath Prep for the Schedule Challenged
What is your approach to Sabbath preparations? Do you begin planning as soon as the Sabbath concludes, carefully scheduling out each task to be done like an experienced project manager? Or do you slide into the Sabbath short of breath like a runner stealing home plate, reheating the cold pizza…
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