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Here is where I admit that I like Lent. After the busy happiness of Christmas and the inevitable juggling of schedules and commitments that comes with the new year, I like to peel back the layers of …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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2/22/12
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I've been praying hard lately about quiet. Slow. Soft. Whisper. I've been praying about creativity and asking God what He would have me do. And I don't have a crystal clear answer. For so long, my …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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2/8/12
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I’m writing this column from Disney World. My husband and I have been here for nearly a week with eight of our children. We have had a truly wonderful time. Some would call it “magical.” …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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1/18/12
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The sky is glowing a lovely shade of purplish pink as I write this morning. A new day dawns with all its hope and promise. By the time you read this column, a new year will have dawned. Pink with …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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1/4/12
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“Sing of Mary, pure and lowly:
“Virgin mother, undefiled.
“Sing of God’s own Son, most holy,
“Who became her little Child.
What about Joseph? Shall we sing of Joseph? Jesus …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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12/21/11
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It’s that time of the year again. We are being bombarded by messages. Bombarded. We hear that we have X number of shopping days left until Christmas; buy, buy, buy. We hear that this is the season …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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12/7/11
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1951 views
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"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost." — G.K. Chesterton
It is, without a doubt, the greatest lesson of my life, the lesson cancer taught me — that every day is a gift …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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11/22/11
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1395 views
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November comes and with it, always, a sense of gathering in. I am so grateful for the liturgical calendar when, after the craziness of Halloween, All Saints Day is blown in on the November wind. …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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11/9/11
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It was the third time I’d heard it that week and it was truly beginning to annoy me.
“He’s young. The real world is all new to him. Give him time; he’ll figure it out.”
“She’s …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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10/26/11
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2024 views
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1 comment
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The headline taunted me from the magazine cover in the checkout line: “Only 12 weeks ’til Christmas!” The article promised to help me count down, carefully itemizing everything I could possibly …
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By Elizabeth Foss
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10/12/11
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489 views
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