Posts by Lisa Jansen

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Can I Really Question God? 

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Life feels heavy right now. In just the last week, we’ve watched tragedy strike—families grieving, lives cut short, and violence close to home. Whether you’re a staunch Christian or just beginning in your walk of faith, these tragic moments leave...


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The Secret

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Presents! Candy! Rudolph! Santa! The kids answered excitedly into the icy microphone held by the red-faced reporter at the holiday parade. She’d asked them to describe Christmas in just one word. Soon that microphone was in the frozen face of...


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A Mother’s Love

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Hey, all you mamas out there! Yes, I’m talking to you—the new mom who needs to catch a couple of z’s, the mom who is in the thick of raising her children, the mother who has stepped into a child’s...


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What Is Christmas?

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It seems to me that lately, Christmas is busy and chaotic and there’s never enough time to get everything done.    I’m a single mom to Emma, a freshman in high school. So, I’m busy all the time. I drive...


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Pennies From Heaven

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How many times have you looked down on the ground and seen a penny, nickel or even a dime and not picked it up? Well, after this year, I will never look at a penny the same way again. Fall...


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Free Fall Family Activities

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As you move out of summer mode: vacations, sports clinics and day camps, and into fall, it’s a great time to introduce new activities and routines for you and your family. Fall is the time to breathe in the cool...


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Love In Action

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Love is one of the strongest human emotions in existence. We all need it, feel it, and can give it to others. But what’s the truest form of love? When you put love into action to help others. Mother Theresa believed...


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This Mom Runs On Tea & Jesus

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Let’s face it moms, life as a mom is challenging, refining and also very humbling. Never have I experienced frustration, fear, and exhaustion, more than in my role as a mother. It has pushed me to the brink, made me...