I got the opportunity to attend the Beth Moore simulcast over the weekend. It was exactly what I needed. A spiritual recharge, for sure, and I soaked it up. Beth spoke on”The Heart of our Desires” and God showed me some things this weekend I needed to see, and that I needed to hear. I’m

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Those of you who have been faithful readers of my blog know the issues I’ve had with getting my book, Weekend Warrior No More, published. It was signed to be published and was supposed to go to print this month but several months ago after seeing several red flags go up for me regarding the

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I had a phone call this week with a sweetheart of a military wife who was dealing with blog fright. She is one of several military wives who have joined me in writing for Wives of Faith, but it worries her that she’s “just a reservist wife.” What if the active military wives don’t think

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As the war goes on and employers wary of seeing their Guard and Reserve members leave every three to four years for deployment (not counting training times and weekend drills), violations of upholding USERRA are bound to occur. Matthew Tully, the attorney and National Guard major I mentioned in my last post,  told me there

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Employer discrimination towards Guard and Reserve members is not a new phenomenon. But I believe it is a growing one. I asked Major Melissa Phillips with the ESGR if the increase in requests in 2008 for information was any indicator at all that more employers are becoming more inclined to discriminate and she said they’ve

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There are many important resources that Guard and Reserve families should know about. One of these is the ESGR, which stands for Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve. Like many G/R spouses , I haven’t always had a firm grasp on what the ESGR does, or how it matters to me. I’ve heard its

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I’m substitute hosting for our Wives of Faith/FMWCN radio Bible study today. The topic is “Wait on God.” It’s the final week of the study – next week, Jennifer Rothschild will be joining Shannon to answer questions about the study. You can listen live at 9 a.m. CST or to the recording after the show’s

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Oh boy. It’s started. Only two days into our tv-without-a-week experiment and the signs of withdrawl had already begun. Yesterday Cliff and I both started questioning each other at different times of the day…

I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on the blog yet, but a week ago this past Saturday, our little family of three took a drive over to the local Wal-Mart and bought bikes for Cliff and I to join the bike Caleb got at the beginning of the summer. The main reason for this was

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A few months ago, I ran across the story of Samson as I was looking for something else in the book of Judges. Though I’ve read his story before, something this time seemed to flag it for me and I made a mental note that I needed to go back and read it again. For

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