Blue Like Play Dough

Just this morning I hid in the bathroom so I could finish reading Tricia Goyer’s new book, Blue Like Play Dough. I had forgotten about my commitment to be a part of her blog tour, and though I was excited to receive her book in the mail, I thought it would have to wait until [...]

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Date night with Max

Max and I went on a date tonight. My spunky nine year old is so funny, and I don’t mean in a telling jokes sort of way. Earlier today I told Benny I was going to see Transformers, and he suggested I take Max with me. I almost said no because it was my kid-free [...]

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By His Wounds…

Today is Resurrection Day, the day we celebrate not only an empty tomb, but a life that is full because we serve a living God. In the most simple of terms, I live because He did. Not just breath, but life that bubbles up from deep inside me. The healing taking place in my life [...]

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What’s Been Happening?

The past few weeks have been rough for our family. Our friend and neighbor, Terry, committed suicide two weeks ago.  We spent a week doing our best to hold up his wife, make phone calls for her, and attend memorial services.  It was with sadness that Benny spoke at Terry’s memorial service in the same [...]

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The Warring Bride

What an email to wake up to this morning! The following is my daily reading from Ransomed Heart Ministries and an excerpt from one of my all time favorite books, Captivating.  Enjoy!

Ladies, you are the Bride of Christ…and the Bride of Christ is a warring bride.
Now, often the hardest person for us to fight on [...]

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Still talking politics…

My friend Jennifer and I are still talking politics on a previous post if you’re interested in joining the discussion.  I’ll be back later on today with a new post I’m working on.   Here’s the link to the post on politics…
http://nikinowell.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/my-thoughts-on-politics/

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Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Festival

My brother got married up at the Mt. Princeton chalet yesterday.  It was a beatiful day!  We had our own version of a traditional Highland wedding.  The guys were all in kilts, Benny performed the ceremony, our friend Sean played his bagpipes, we wore our clan colors, and all of this happened with the peaks [...]

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Rocky paths to freedom

There is so much to say that I feel like I’m on the verge of bursting. As summer is winding down, I have a lot of changes happening in my life all at once. Some are quite painful and some are exhilaratingly wonderful. I am mourning what has been while embracing hope for things to [...]

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Mourning through Mother’s Day

I was at dinner with the Captivating women last night when my family walked in the restaurant with a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, and a mylar balloon that said “Happy Mother’s Day Eve Eve” on it. Benny had added the “Eve, Eve” part. I was really surprised and I [...]

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Super…tired. And a blog tour contest.

Evidently I think this is who I am. I have really over committed myself this week and I’ve done a poor job of managing my time. Where does that leave me? I’m going to bed before 10 p.m. (You’re gasping, aren’t you Jan?) I’m turning into my dad…or my husband. [...]

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