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I have an album I started long before the days of social media, even before my short stint with scrapbooking. I got the idea from my...
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Michelle Joy Waters
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
The More the Merrier. Even with Kids.
My husband sent me this article yesterday. (The title gives the whole thing away: "Prince Harry may want two kids max—but life is better...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jul 19, 2019
- 2 min
Homesick.
All eight of us are coming and going a lot more than usual this summer. Trips with friends, camps, vacations, competitions, a funeral,...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jun 21, 2019
- 3 min
Your child just got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Now What?
Step one: breathe. This is a major life changer for both you and your child. Everything from now on will be different. Within the span of...
Michelle Joy Waters
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
The Wonder of Watching Your Child Go
The oldest is graduating. We watched Wonder together the other day. She had never seen it; this was my third go around. All the feelings....
Michelle Joy Waters
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min
The College Admissions Scandal
How It Affects the Students that didn't get into their Dream School Seeing Lori Loughlin laugh and sign autographs outside a Boston...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Mar 13, 2019
- 1 min
Marriage Night 2019
St. John is looking forward to hosting Marriage Night 2019 put on by RightNow Media. It's a simulcast event featuring Drs. Les and Leslie...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
Information Overload...in a good way
I'm not happy if I'm not learning, stretching, growing in some way. My dad took me to a Tony Robbins event when I was in high school and...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Navigators 2:7 Series
My discipleship group just finished Growing Strong in God's Family this morning! It's the first in a three book "course in personal...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
Consistency Compounds
I heard the great leadership legend, John Maxwell, interviewed on the Rise podcast recently. The whole episode is worth listening to, but...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
Hearing from God
"I don't know what God wants me to do." That's something I hear quite a bit. We'd love God to give us clear direction about the big and...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Feb 2, 2019
- 2 min
The Baby Steps with a Big Family
We're big fans of Dave Ramsey around here. Well... most of us are; some of the smaller set gets a little annoyed when he's on in the car...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
When Marriage is Messy
Neither of us were particularly invested in our anniversary dinner this year. Just days before we celebrated a beautiful Christmas at...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 24, 2019
- 1 min
Cross Gen
A great night of fellowship and service last night at our Cross Generational Ministry (Cross Gen). The Quilters had small hands help them...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Running for Inspiration
I get my best ideas for writing and teaching while running. God has a way of getting through to me when I'm on the trail. When...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
What I'm listening to...
My favorites right now when I'm running: 1. That Sounds Fun—Annie F. Downs interviewing different people, mainly in the Christian sphere...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Purpose of Prayer
Preacher, evangelist, and prayer warrior, R.A. Torrey, graduated from Yale Divinity School more than 100 years before I did. He also had...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Possibilities of Prayer
What happens when we pray? We move from the impossibilities of our humanity into the infinite possibilities of His divinity: "with man...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Planning to Pray
While many of us have good intentions regarding spending time in prayer, life gets in the way. There's always something competing for our...
Michelle Joy Waters
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
Fasting: When?
1. When you need refreshing in your spiritual life. There are times when we don't feel that "first love" closeness with our Lord...
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