A Quiet Simple Life
Celebrating Faith, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and Hope
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Lately I’ve been thinking about the internal story we tell ourselves each day. When we watch or read the news, we should always notice the way a story is framed to …
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Update January 2022 I’ve decided not to write an additional post about why we are no longer celebrating Halloween, but I am going to push this out as a “new” …
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This video was made in July and I found it last month. There is a great deal of truth in it and I’ve enjoyed watching some of Patara’s other videos. She has an …
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We are surrounded by change we cannot control. Whether it is the seasons, our children, our bodies, or the culture, everything around us is constantly changing. Learning how …
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This post was first published January 13, 2009. For reference, Caroline was 27 months old when I originally wrote this. I am republishing it with only a few little edits for …
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If I had to sum up our summer on this last day of August, this is it: You can have time or money, but rarely both. This was the summer when Caroline really understood for the …
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This was a long week for everyone for various reasons. It was a long week at the end of a long month in the midst of a long year. Giving up, throwing up our hands, or giving …
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I recently watched a lovely video by a young woman. She was explaining how she lives, the location, and why she made the somewhat less conventional choices she did. Her …
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Beginning November 1 and on throughout the month of December, reminders of the holiday season are everywhere. Magazines, displays, catalogs, decorations, advertisements, and …
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"We must get up every day and purpose in our hearts to trust God, be in His Word, be in prayer, and keep our focus on the truth He has revealed to us in His Word."
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Generation X is faced with a dilemma. Should they pay off their debts or save for retirement? Right now there often isn’t enough money for both due to all of the …
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On November 14, 2019, I published a post that was originally titled “I Don’t Know What To Say.” I eventually changed it to “How Soulless Bureaucrats …
