Category Archives: Voskamp, Ann

Taking time to pause

I know I just shared a post from Ann Voskamp, but I can’t pass this one up either: What Your Christmas Needs because I know that it’s what you all need to read right now: the importance of pauses.  Make sure and look at the first video she shares: The Christmas Scale.  It makes the point so …

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“The Holiday that could become All of our Days”

I am going to be out of town for Thanksgiving, but wanted to share this beautiful reflection for these days from Ann Voskamp: The woman I meet up on the concourse, she tells me she was done. Done with the man and the ring and the vows, done with the kids, done with her life. Her …

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“I lost my tooth. The Lord has blessed me.”

That’s how Ann Voskamp’s daughter announced it to her: When she’s in from the barn, she slams that back door, her hair dripping like she drowned in that shower that doused her curls and the smell of hogs, and she comes grinning and looking for me, holding out her hand. She announces it like a …

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“Drink the thankful sweet”

Wonderful advice for the beginning of the week by Ann Voskamp.  In fact, I’m going to read it again myself! “What Every Hard Week Needs to Know”

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“The Problem of Evil? The Greater Problem of Good?”

Age old questions discussed by Ann Voskamp: The Problem of Evil? The Greater Problem of Good?

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“When you’ve been waiting for an answer . . . and life seems silent”

This is one of those profound “out of the mouths of babes” stories.  From Ann Voskamp: “When you’ve been waiting for an answer . . . and life seems silent.”

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“What to do on hard days”

A guest post from Ann Voskamp: “What to do on Hard Days”    The devil hates singing . . .

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“When all hope feels like a drought”

A timely post from Ann Voskamp: “When all hope feels like a drought” 

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When Life Hurts

From Ann Voskamp: Three Things to Hold Onto When Life Hurts

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Wise advice

A post from Ann Voskamp for all of you who are having “bad days”: “For the Days that Seem to be Going Bad.”

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