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Faithfully Feeding Family, Week Two Notes: Meal Planning

August 21, 2018May 14, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on Faithfully Feeding Family, Week Two Notes: Meal Planning

The most requested information from our first week together was for some pointers on meal planning.  I’m not an expert on this, but I have learned a lot over the last few years and below is everything I could think of that might make things run more smoothly for other meal makers.

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Church • Family

Faithfully Feeding Family, Week One Handout

August 15, 2018May 9, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on Faithfully Feeding Family, Week One Handout

This is the handout I gave our participants Thursday night…I am simply copying and pasting here and you can do the same.  Copy this into a Word doc. and print as needed.

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Church • Everyday Life • Family

Faithfully Feeding Family, Week One Notes

August 14, 2018May 14, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on Faithfully Feeding Family, Week One Notes

This first week we discussed the threats facing our kids in our current society.  We made quesadillas and I handed out these 10 “health threats” on little strips of paper to discuss as we eat, just as a family could around a dinner table.  The discussion notes in the following outline were in my notes,…

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Everyday Life • Family • Stones From Jordan • Women's Ministry • Writing

The Struggle is Real

February 12, 2017March 2, 2021Mary JoLeave a Comment on The Struggle is Real

We say it as a joke, a snide comment, a way to relate to others, but it’s true. Struggles are real. We can dress them up in pretty smiles and say we know it will all work out, but that trudging through the mud of disappointment and questions is not re…

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America • Church • True To Life Stories • Writing

You Can Do Something

June 18, 2015July 8, 2017Mary Jo1 Comment on You Can Do Something

Maybe you’ve heard some of these before.

“This guy is whack!”

“Ignore him.”

“She’s never going to change.”

“If she won’t work, she shouldn’t eat.”

“You just can’t help people like that.”

But you can.

This morning I read this…

“…

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America • Church • Writing

To Wet a Match

August 12, 2014July 9, 2017Mary Jo1 Comment on To Wet a Match

Like so many of you, I’ve been reeling from the horrifying ISIS stories coming through my news feed. I look at the photos and weep, because these are my brothers and sisters and they are no less worthy of protection, of freedom or of comfort than I am,…

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Everyday Life • Family • Marriage • Women's Ministry

The Entrepreneur’s Wife

August 7, 2014July 5, 2020Mary Jo6 Comments on The Entrepreneur’s Wife

When I married Kris I knew a few things he didn’t know. I knew that he could do more than he thought he could, and I knew that he would start a business.

He had no desire to start a business and told me so, but I knew he would anyway.

There wer…

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Family • Mission Trips • Parenting

Quivers, Arrows and Straight Shots

June 25, 2014May 9, 2020Mary Jo5 Comments on Quivers, Arrows and Straight Shots

On Father’s Day I posted on facebook that my best parenting decision, aside from my choice to follow Christ, was marrying my husband Kris. I meant that, and this past week reinforced that idea in my head.

It seemed that Psalm 127 was quoted numerou…

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America • Church • True To Life Stories

To Worship at Your Feet

June 24, 2014July 9, 2017Mary JoLeave a Comment on To Worship at Your Feet

“Ugh….where’s the instruments? Why can’t I hear anything but the alto on the worship team? Why is it so bad? It’s nothing but drums and alto…seriously…drums and alto? I am trying so hard Lord, I’m trying to worship, it’s not the song, it’s not…

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Stones From Jordan • Women's Ministry • Writing

Well, I Think…

June 10, 2014February 16, 2021Mary Jo3 Comments on Well, I Think…

Truth is interested in Love. In perpetuating God into our individual circumstances and watching us walk out the Word in confidence and joy.

*I see them, and I WANT to say something. I want to correct it, to…

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