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When You’re about to Give Up, Give it All You’ve Got Instead
You’ve got a loved one – might even be yourself – who is battling Covid or cancer, dementia or depression. They are sick. And they are...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Mar 16, 2021
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Four Ways to Spring into Spring!
Do any of you get as excited as I do when Daylight Savings Time begins? Since it means an extra hour of daylight, I’m as happy as a calf...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Mar 9, 2021
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Do Troubles Really Come in Threes?
What wise old sage said that trouble comes in threes? Was he thinking of Jonah, who got in a whale of trouble on the high seas? How about...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Mar 2, 2021
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Three More Tips for Beating the Winter Blues
So…how are you doing as we move into Year Two of the pandemic? If your yawning calendar looks like mine, events scheduled for 2021...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Feb 23, 2021
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What Do You Say to God When There Are No Words?
The day is ordinary, blissful in its ignorance of what is about to take place. Then a call, a text, a knock on the door, and in a...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Feb 16, 2021
658 views


When You Want to Fire Your Boss
Ready to put in for a transfer? Maybe you work for a company with no opportunities for advancement, or you’ve just had it with your...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Feb 10, 2021
339 views


Seven Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
Does anyone else think that 2021 is looking suspiciously like 2020? During our decades in pastoral ministry, we noticed that early winter...
Maggie Wallem Rowe
Feb 2, 2021
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