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Cara McLauchlan

What is Your Greatest Meal Memory?

My greatest meal memories remind me that food doesn’t need to be fancy or elaborate to impress.

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What's On Your Summer Wish List?

7 Fun Thoughts on Making Summer Wishes Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash Summer is the season that whispers, “go ahead, make a wish.”...

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Behold

What we behold, we become. How spending time with God and the Word first makes me a better person.

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What Would Older You Tell Younger You?

What Would Older You Tell Younger You? 5 Thoughts on Graduation to 1987 Me

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What Does Your Reading Stack Say About You?

How book piles are really about surrounding yourself with hope no matter what life throws at you.

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The Practice of Being Brave – What I Learned from Surfing

How surfing taught me to be brave and bring forth something outlandish from my heart for no good reason.

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The Secret Sauce of Road Trips

How long car rides might actually be the secret sauce to connect with your teenage child.

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Today’s Most Important “To Do”: Seeing What’s In Front of Me

What I learned from a box on my front porch and the importance of being present to others.

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7 Life Lessons My Dad Taught Me From Golf

My dad, Cesar Colon-Bonet, my son, Campbell and me celebrating Masters Week in 2004. For me, the two best things about spring are the...

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Why Homeschooling is Worth It

An Excerpt from Nourish: Encouragement for Parents Homeschooling Through High School Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash Nothing pursued...

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How to Be a Next Level Neighbor

I thought I was a good neighbor before the pandemic. It turns out, I had a lot to learn.

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An Average Girl’s View on Eating Plants

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash I call it the “Year of the Broccoli.” My husband calls it his skinny jeans season. Regardless, about...

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What Do You Want, Really?

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash When’s the last time you shared, out loud, what you truly want? For me, it’s been a long time. Dreaming...

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Ready to Grow?

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen...

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The Lovely Place of Hard-Fought Joy

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,...

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What's Good?

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “… always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in...

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How to Love Well

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist...

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What's Saving Your Life Right Now?

Every year at this time, one of my favorite bloggers, Anne Bogel from Modern Mrs. Darcy asks, “what is saving your life right now?"

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What's Your Holy Longing?

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power...

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Tuning Your Heart to "God Whisper Mode" - 3 Ideas for Hearing More From Him

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash "Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should...

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