Sri Newman
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Find Your Tribe: No Dog Left Behind
Yesterday, as part of our evening ritual, my dogs and I went out to fetch ball in the yard. One was fetching and the other two were keeping watch. While I observed their interaction, it occurred to me that they could not be more dissimilar. The strongest and biggest one thinks she is a cow.…
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Falling In Love
Like many people, I love a good romantic comedy. Mostly because you can suspend disbelief and watch love bloom, grow, get funny, and end in a happily ever after. I believe God gave me my own happily ever after in my loving, charming, charismatic, and strong husband. However, I cannot say it was love at…
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She Is So Stubborn, No I Am
Confession time. I argue with my Lab sometimes. In my defense, she is stubborn. My husband pointed out one day that he had been watching me with the dogs through the window and wondered why an otherwise reasonable woman would argue with a silly dog. The thing about my Lab is that she has all…
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Sun Soaked and Scripture Bound
Many moons ago, my husband took me to Maui for a getaway. Like every other human on this planet who loves God’s green earth, I had a splendid time. God’s creation was more colorful and vivid there than anywhere else I had ever seen. Not sure if that was because I was newly in love,…
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Is It Not My Ways Which Are Fair
I was a little puny kid growing up. When scuffles broke out with my sister, who is three years older and ate all her vegetables, I relied on my ability to pinch and bite as my primary weapons. One day she was harassing me about something, I do not remember what, but I am certain…
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Garden on the Other Side of Toil
I have been making my way through the books of the Prophets these past few days in my cover to cover Bible reading. Ezekiel was powerful. Hosea was intense. Joel was direct and to the point. But all of them underscored the same truth: while nothing escapes God, and He desires us to be righteous,…
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Pencil Box: Because It Is ‘I Love You’ Day
For those of you who have been waiting with me, the wait is over. A dear friend, praying for me without being prompted, received a message that has God’s fingerprints all over it. The mandate was simple: let bygones be bygones, and look forward. This is particularly hard for me to do, and that is…
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Harder and Easier
“The Christian way is different: harder and easier,” C.S. Lewis once wrote. I understand the wisdom in that statement. Someday in heaven, I hope to thank him for all his wonderful works, but most importantly for this one profound observation. In my mind, I see it as simple but hard. For those who do not…
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A Time to Wait, I Do Not Want To
Recently I wanted to embark on a journey I thought was a nudge from the Holy Spirit. It is sometimes hard to tell, because I am one of those people who keeps looking for assurance and reassurance that it is truly God’s prompting and not an ego stroke from this Satan soaked world boosting my…
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Grace Not Amazing Without Practice
One of my employees was talking about his son’s piano practice and how he believes it is important for his team to follow the same concept. It got me thinking. In almost every area of our lives we repeat to build muscle memory, gain strength, learn, and improve our skills. The same is true for…