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Hiking the Himalayas without Leaving My Chair
From Start Your Week with Steve, the free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art Steve Says: As my wife, Carolyn, will readily attest, I rarely give in to a cold. I prefer to work my way through it, but … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Himalaya, Michael Palin, travel
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Feeling Sad During the Holiday Season
Whether you say Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah, the fleeting weeks beginning with Thanksgiving and ending at the New Year are a time of celebration, activity, music, joy and . . . sadness. Part of being … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Christmas, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Family, holiday, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Random, Relationships, religion, spirituality, YouTube
Tagged Christianity, Christmas, holiday, season, Thanksgiving
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Thinking Christians: Let’s Be Those People
My four children were all homeschooled, which means that they hear, as adults, sentences like this a lot: “Oh, you must have been homeschooled. You’re such an overachiever.” “You try too hard. You must have been homeschooled.” “Why are you … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, homeschool, sheep, team player, thinking
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How Much Are You Worth?
From Start Your Week with Steve, the free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art. Steve Says: Carolyn recently published an article, Is Your Job Meaningless? based upon a recent Internet search I did on the terms, “meaningful jobs.” We were both intrigued … Continue reading
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Tagged job, money, rich, worth
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Teaching Your Child Life’s Biggest Lesson
My mother did not homeschool me, but like most parents, she was a child’s first and best teacher, and throughout my public school education she filled in many, many gaps. Because of her, I know when to use “him and … Continue reading
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Tagged apologize, children, homeschool, parent, teacher
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The Privacy of Our Minds
Lately, every time I open the mail from a government agency, or a health care provider, or a utility entity, I find an extra piece of scrap paper to write my grocery list on — a privacy notice stating how … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, freedom, media, prayer, privacy
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Celebrating Christmas without My Stressy Bessie Doll
If there were such thing as a Stressy Bessy doll, she would look like me. The Son and Heir says that I focus on minutiae: “Remember when we vacationed on the beach and I wanted to climb those 25-foot rocks? You … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, doll, Santa, stress
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Recipe: Chicken Noodle Casserole
I made this dish because of a 24-ounce bag of French’s French Fried Onions that I fell in love with at Costco and simply had to have. I was with the Son and Heir, whose level of thriftiness is such that he … Continue reading
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Tagged casserole, chicken, Costco, noodle, recipe
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Recipe: Scalloped Potatoes
The other day I was standing in the kitchen, staring at the counters, wondering what I could possibly put together to eat for dinner that night. Sound familiar? Fortunately, my eye alighted on a basket of potatoes gathered from our … Continue reading
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Tagged dinner, inexpensive, potatoes, recipe, scalloped
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Christianity Lessons from Facebook
You know, some days it’s best not to talk, write, make eye contact, or communicate in any fashion at all. If you have a teenaged daughter in your life, you’re painfully aware of how quickly a controversial statement, like “Good … Continue reading →