Several of my daughters’ friends work part-time at a fast food restaurant. Others fold shirts at retail clothing stores. We know a girl who dishes up ice cream, and a boy who repairs television sets.
My three teenage...
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Apr 28, 2013
by denadyer
This man took a new job offered--and what a sweet deal it seemed. Many, many hours, days, nights, and weeks away from home may have padded the pockets, but it’s not the stuff that families are made of. God pushed,...
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Apr 24, 2013
by Ann Kroeker
I remember rolling a cart through the office superstore and piling it full of pens, file folders, printer cartridges, staples, a box of coffee creamers, reams of copy paper and a stack of pink message pads.
My work as...
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Mar 20, 2013
“Fear is good; change is bad.” This is the family motto in DreamWorks’ new 3-D animated feature "The Croods." It’s a storyline that could easily translate to how threatening innovation can...
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Mar 20, 2013
You know you’re in the rhythm of motherhood when you’re sitting at the symphony listening to the plucking of violin strings, and you start picturing a sequence from a Tom and Jerry cartoon. My husband and I were...
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Mar 13, 2013
by abeth2
Years ago, I worked for the government as a staff attorney. I trudged in and out every day with my lunch box in hand like a hamster on a sterile, metal wheel. It was solid, steady work, and I was grateful for it. But I...
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Feb 20, 2013
by jeffgoins
Ashley and I got married in January. The day turned unseasonably warm, with temperatures in the seventies by the time our wedding commenced. We ponied up what little cash we had to pay for the wedding and coerced our friends...
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Feb 13, 2013
by Ann Kroeker
Editor's Note: Today begins the season of Lent. The editorial staff and readers of TheHighCalling.org bring to this space a diversity of experience with the traditions of this season. Some of us have been observing Lent...
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Feb 8, 2013
My in-laws finally realized their dream. They moved out of the old farmhouse into a smaller home built at the edge of Big Creek.
Mom still had plenty of room in the new garage to set up her “museum” of old...
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Feb 7, 2013
College student, coffee lover, blog writer, book author, speaker--all those titles describe Cara Sexton at Whimsey Smitten. However, she says, "No title is bigger than mother . . . None which I am after, anyhow....
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