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Friday Update: Overcoming Burnout

Paula Wiseman | July 31, 2009

Friday! I love Friday, even better than Saturday. I especially love this Friday because… *whispering* I made it a whole week getting up early to walk/run. Last Friday, I bought some really cool exercise shirts and shorts… I’m obligated. Plus… I’m really tired of these extra 15 pounds. But I did it, and I lived. [...]

What My Son Taught Me about Worship

Paula Wiseman | July 30, 2009

Last night while I skimmed over my Facebook updates, there was a little note about one of my nephews being tagged in a photo album called ‘our wedding’. For an instant, my brain jumped to ‘He got married?!’, especially since this particular nephew is notorious for being less than forthcoming with the details of his [...]

Study Tip: Making Lists

Paula Wiseman | July 28, 2009

Most of us concede that if we really have to remember something, we write it down. Important information seems to come at us in lists. If you watch, Scripture is no different. Some of the lists you’re already familiar with- Ten Commandments, Fruit of the Spirit and so forth. Sometimes though, the lists are a [...]

Prepared to Worship

Paula Wiseman | July 27, 2009

Image by bemky via Flickr

Today is the absolute last post on 2 Chronicles… at least until I come back around to it again. Chapter 35 describes the Passover that Josiah led the people to observe, and the account says in v. 18 that ‘There had been no Passover kept in Israel like that [...]

Friday Update: By Grace, Chosen to Serve

Paula Wiseman | July 24, 2009

What am I writing? I finished the draft of Contingency and submitted the summary and first chapter to a contest. The prize is having an agent look at it. I’d be happy with some positive feedback. I’ve also begun working with Amanda on plotting the next book. I’m not going to start the actual writing [...]