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Share Four Somethings: November 2020

by Lois Flowers November 24, 2020
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It’s been a month, hasn’t it? I don’t know about you, but many of the hopes and plans I had at the beginning of November have not come to fruition. Not the way I envisioned they would, anyway.

But we keep plugging away, don’t we? We keep pivoting and revising and casting our burdens on the Lord. We light candles and take walks and rake leaves. We keep leaning in to our heavenly Father, even as we wonder what on earth He’s actually up to in this confusing world of ours.

The good news for us in the waning weeks of 2020 is that God knows what He’s doing, even though we don’t. His plans and purposes—whatever they are—will prevail. We can’t be sure of much else, but we can be certain of that.

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November 24, 2020 43 comments
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A Few Helpful Thoughts about Hard Seasons

by Lois Flowers November 17, 2020
by Lois Flowers

Over time, a medium-sized wild cherry tree near our front door started leaning toward the street, a little bit more every year.

Rather than wake up some morning to find the tree had fallen across the road and into our neighbor’s kitchen, we had it removed last year. When the tree guy was cutting up the trunk, I asked him if he could slice off some “cookies” that I could use as stepping stones.

I have yet to make a path, but Randy has used the wood to carve a few things on his CNC machine, including a garden plaque that now graces the front flowerbed.

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November 17, 2020 22 comments
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Is it Time for Stuffing Season to End?

by Lois Flowers November 14, 2020
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It’s that time of year, when the French-fried onions, jellied cranberries and Stovetop stuffing spill out of the regular aisles onto the end caps and center displays at the grocery store.

I know it’s all leading up to Thanksgiving, but when I’m at the store, I prefer to think of it as stuffing season.

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November 14, 2020 30 comments
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A Verse to Help Us Find the Way Forward

by Lois Flowers November 13, 2020
by Lois Flowers

Note: This piece was originally posted on Nov. 2, the day before the presidential election.

When the host of a local radio talk show comes across something in the news that makes him scratch his head and wonder what on earth is happening to humanity, he refers to it as a “Stop the planet, I want to get off” moment.

I don’t listen to the show regularly, so I don’t know how often he’s been doing this in 2020. I do know that there has been no shortage of such moments this year; in fact, they seem to be happening with increasing regularity.

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November 13, 2020 28 comments
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Share Four Somethings: October 2020

by Lois Flowers October 27, 2020
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I haven’t mentioned a word of this here or anywhere else, but Randy and I have been doing another round of the Whole30 this month. It’s our fourth go-round with this eating plan, and it’s been the most pleasant so far, at least for me.

I think I’ve finally figured out that the best way to plan Whole30 meals is to focus on ingredients, and not pick recipes that include ingredients we don’t like. Seems obvious, but sometimes you have to dig to find entrees that don’t include kale, fish or 16 specialty items that are only available at Whole Foods. (Here’s looking at you, capers.)

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October 27, 2020 30 comments
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There’s No Time Like the Present (to Start Fresh)

by Lois Flowers October 20, 2020
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When we first met our daughter Lilly, in a hotel room somewhere in the middle of China, one of the things that fascinated me the most was the way she moved her hands.

She didn’t use a pacifier; instead, she sucked the third and fourth fingers on her left hand. She soothed herself in this way, and when she slept, fingers in mouth, her hands intertwined and moved back and forth in a way that almost seemed like graceful choreography.

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October 20, 2020 31 comments
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