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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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