How to Be a Next Level Neighbor
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Cara McLauchlan
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Feb 11, 2021
- 4 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
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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Cara McLauchlan
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Creating Loving Traditions for Your Homeschool
An excerpt from Nourish, Encouragement for Parents Homeschooling Through High School releasing Winter 2021. Photo by Debby Hudson on...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Jan 14, 2021
- 2 min
Considering Gentleness – 3 Good Questions
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Imagining a Year of Contentment
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” Psalm...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
How to Be the Light Wherever You Are
Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NLT) My...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
3 Ideas for Slowing Down
Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;” Psalm 37:7 When I read the Psalms, they slow me...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Being Christmas
How can we "Be Christmas" versus "Do Christmas" this year? Grateful for the chance to share this story as a guest blogger for the website...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Nov 19, 2020
- 4 min
5 Ideas for Letting Go of Busy
“But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Finding the Best in Every Day
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” Acts 2:28 Photo by Dan Freeman on Unsplash“...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
10 Ways to Cultivate a Grateful Heart
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 Gratitude grounds me in seeing things with goodness. Like the...
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Cara McLauchlan
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Seeing Homeschooling as Holy Work
“Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among...
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