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    Word of the Year Recap: Dawn

    by Lois Flowers December 13, 2022
    by Lois Flowers

    Inside: What we can learn from the dawn as we reflect on 2022 and look forward to a brand new year.

    Some years, I can look back on the word I chose for the past 12 months and notice—sometimes to the point of goosebumps—how relevant and timely it was for my life during that season.

    Fierce and bold, for the last years of my parents’ lives when helping them stretched me in ways I had never even imagined before. Full for 2020, when the world seemed to be falling apart but my grieving heart was starting to recover from my personal “worst year ever.”

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    December 13, 2022 22 comments
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  • When Grief Invades the Holidays, the Hope of Heaven Holds Us Fast

    by Lois Flowers December 6, 2022
    by Lois Flowers December 6, 2022 28 comments

    Inside: Comfort and encouragement for those who have lost a loved one in recent years and struggle with grief at Christmas. ~ Four years ago, keeping Christmas saved me. In 2018, I spent many December days running around like a chicken with my head cut off—to see my dad at …

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  • Share Four Somethings: November 2022

    by Lois Flowers November 29, 2022
    by Lois Flowers November 29, 2022 30 comments

    Inside: What I’m loving this month, a book about grief for Little Women fans, braving constructive feedback and a glimpse of my daughter’s awesome creativity. As I write this, my family and I are driving home from North Dakota, where we spent Thanksgiving break with Randy’s family. One of the …

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  • The Joy of Learning at Any Age: 5 Autumn Realizations

    by Lois Flowers November 15, 2022
    by Lois Flowers November 15, 2022 26 comments

    Inside: What it takes to keep learning—no matter how old you are. Plus … one way to do hard things, why it helps to run into the wind, and how to respond to unanswered prayers. Several weeks ago, I watched as my younger sister taught my 92-year-old aunt how to …

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  • 4 Truths that Steady Us as the World Spins Faster

    by Lois Flowers November 8, 2022
    by Lois Flowers November 8, 2022 28 comments

    Inside: When time flies by and it seems like the world is spinning out of control, the Book of Isaiah offers comfort and encouragement. I’ve been blinking so much lately it feels like I’m in a perpetual dust storm. I blinked and it’s November. I blinked and the vibrant fall …

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  • Warm Memories and 5 Thoughts about Time

    by Lois Flowers November 1, 2022
    by Lois Flowers November 1, 2022 26 comments

    Inside: My dad’s metaphor for time and what we can learn from it that might help us use our time wisely. ~ In his classic book On Writing Well, William Zinsser lamented that “Memories too often die with their owner, and time too often surprises us by running out.” As …

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