I sat with a bleach covered sponge in one hand scrubbing the food/grime smeared baseboards next to the kitchen table and somehow the mindless monotony of the task was soothing. My mind wandered while I cleaned daydreaming of this and that – daydreaming . . . A luxury I rarely afford myself these days. Typically, [...]
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Watch out for Flying Orange Goo!
September 28th, 2011 
Amy Dunbar The other day my boys were eating lunch – happily enjoying the Mac-N-Cheese laden with acorn squash I had made. So I decided to switch out the laundry and left them alone for no more than two minutes. When I returned … Smack! Orange goo slid down my white shirt. Both boys were covered [...]
Who Done It?
September 23rd, 2011 Amy Dunbar Christians are judgmental. Christians are hypocrites. Christians are phony. Christians are . . . fill in the blank. Sound familiar? Have you heard someone say these things? Have you thought them? Don’t worry . . . I’m not going to try to defend Christians of yesterday, today, or tomorrow. Because the hard-to-swallow-truth for us Christians [...]
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Tags: christian deeds, christians are hypocrites, James 2:15 
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Lessons from a Two-Year-Old: I Wanna Be a Stink Bug!
September 19th, 2011 Amy Dunbar This morning was our usual get-ready-for-Monday kind of day. I brought both of the boys downstairs, got them changed, gave them both a juice cup, and turned on Hermie and Friends while I disappeared to make breakfast. Have you ever watched Hermie and Friends? It is a cartoon based on the children’s books written by [...]
Knowing Isn’t Doing
September 15th, 2011 Amy Dunbar I love learning. My hubbie jokes that if I could get paid for being a student, I would. And he’s right. If I don’t know something, it frustrates me. I Google and I search and I read and I learn . . . about whatever. Maybe it is something to do with parenting, or cooking, [...]
Posted in A Study of James, Bible Study Tags: James 1:22-25, Knowing the Word, What should christians do? No Comments »Jabber Jabber Jabber
September 14th, 2011 Amy Dunbar Confession: “I like to talk.” Okay, so that’s not that big of confession. Those who know me, know I am a chatter-box. In fact, my eldest has inherited the gift of gab from his mother (God bless his preschool teachers). I like to talk about the weather, the news, my faith, my likes, my dislikes, [...]
Can I Eat, Pray, Love My Way to Wisdom?
September 8th, 2011 Amy Dunbar Last weekend my mom surprised us with a visit, which was fabulous. She lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, so we don’t see her as often as I would like. Call me a weeny, but traveling with the youngins’ is excruciating. Anyway, with her in town golf, football, and other man TV got outvoted and [...]
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Where Is Joy Found?
September 5th, 2011 Amy Dunbar Joy – the often elusive, hard to define word that we sing about, talk about, and pray about. Joy – is it down in my heart? Joy – is it a thing to be had or is it an action? Joy . . . I don’t know about you, but when I think of joy [...]
Posted in A Study of James, Bible Study Tags: Finding joy in trials, James 1:3-4, Joy isn't a feeling, What is joy? 1 Comment »
Worship With All My Soul: Playing Instruments
June 30th, 2011 Amy Dunbar Do you play a musical instrument? How about the guitar or the piano or maybe the saxophone? How old were you when you learned to play? Music lessons weren’t a part of my childhood. As my parents did their best to provide for my three sisters and me, there wasn’t enough money to pay for [...]
Posted in Singing the Psalms Tags: bible study for women, Play guitar in worship, Psalm 108:1-5, Worship God 1 Comment »Flourish Like a Palm Tree: Psalm 92:12-15
June 29th, 2011 Amy Dunbar “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, [...]
