My alarm goes off at 6:15 a.m. It takes me a few minutes to turn on the light, turn off the alarm, and decide to drag myself into the day. I pull on old sweats marked with wear and the grass stains from working in my yard last weekend. As I lace my three-year-old Nike’s, […]
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Yesterday I had coffee with someone I have not seen for over 13 years. In fact, he was ten-years-old when I last saw him. His parents were dear friends. We ministered in church together, we ate many meals together, and we often swapped babysitting. This now 23-year-old reminded me that I used to give him […]
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I just returned from the Los Angeles area where I had occasion to pick up a magazine called Los Angeles Confidential. The headlines on the front of this magazine promised that within its covers I would discover the most wanted item by Los Angeles trendsetters. I quickly flipped through pages of pictures of celebrities and […]
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Tomorrow I head to Dallas to speak at the MOP’s (Mothers of Pre-schoolers) Convention. I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing event and to speak to young mothers about addiction. I recently wrote an article for the MOP’s magazine, Fulfill. (http://www.fullfill.org/fullfill/) entitled “Thirst”. I wrote about my own addiction to alcohol […]
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