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Balancing Balance, Part III: Do I Have the Right to Choose My Filters?

By Lori | Published: October 10, 2011

In the last article, we defined personal filters and discussed the importance of choosing the correct primary filter so our lives go in the direction we want. We said that personal filters are a person’s conscience and wisdom working in tandem to direct her life. We observed that most of us live in a state […]

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Balancing Balance, Part II: Personal Filters

By Lori | Published: October 5, 2011

If you find yourself with a to-do list longer than your stamina, you need personal filters.* If you find it difficult to say no to requests to organize the soccer tournament, bake fifteen dozen cookies for the bake sale, or teach Bible class for the next decade without a break, you need personal filters. If […]

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Balancing Balance, Part I: Embracing the Truth

By Lori | Published: October 4, 2011

Note: I recently attended a gathering of homeschooling moms and was part of a panel of four mothers who answered questions submitted by the audience. The following question requires an answer much longer than I could give in five minutes, so I promised to write a series of articles about the topic. Here is the […]

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Wise Words Wednesday: Quotable

By Lori | Published: June 8, 2011

I spent a productive three hours or so working outside this morning before it got too hot — a tonic to the mind, body, and spirit. Typing that makes me realize how I’d feel if I was one of my mother-of-littles friends reading it. I know, I know — you can’t imagine what it would […]

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I Recommend…

By Lori | Published: May 23, 2011

…droopy flowers …persevering with poetry for one’s progeny …old wood floors …real whipped cream

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The Double-Edged Sword of Abundance

By Lori | Published: November 30, 2010

In my culture, almost every meal is a celebration. In less-affluent societies, most families eat a diet that is relatively unvarying, usually simple although perhaps time-consuming to prepare, and made up of staple, non-costly ingredients. My own parents grew up in the southeast US in families who ate some form of legume and cornbread as […]

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Easter, Plain and Fancy

By Lori | Published: March 24, 2008

I sort of forgot about Easter. Because we celebrate Christ’s resurrection every Sunday, Easter does not have the significance for us that it has for many. We usually color Easter eggs and have some candy, but a busy schedule and ever-aging adolescents made this the first year we forewent the egg-dying, and a smaller amount […]

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Cooking for a Crowd of College Students

By Lori | Published: March 10, 2008

Our daughter came home for Spring Break with five friends who are in and out of our house this week. How to provide food for this kind of crowd? Beyond the advice to “cook early and cook often,” I offer the following:–College students crave homey meals; forget pizza and think meatloaf.–Stay flexible – their plans […]

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Cinnamon Roll Heaven

By Lori | Published: January 12, 2008

Why does hardly anyone make homemade cinnamon rolls anymore? Because they are a pain, that’s why. Just kidding. They aren’t really that bad. Well, yeah, they sorta are. When I am in the middle of rolling out the dough and filling it with the getting-all-over-everywhere cinnamon sugar, I always think, “Why am I doing this?” […]

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