No Soul Has Bootstraps!

Mil­i­tary wives and mil­i­tary moth­ers have a rep­u­ta­tion for being tough and tena­cious. These char­ac­ter­is­tics come in help­ful when we are fac­ing deploy­ments, sep­a­ra­tions and the demands of life, and pro­vide for us a patch­work robe of dig­nity in very stress­ful times. They can also be to our detri­ment when we pride our­selves in them instead of remem­ber­ing …

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March 17, 2011 – 12:17 | By admin | Posted in Homiletics & Devotions | Comments (1)

The Ties That Bind

This is a photo of our fam­ily reunion. 11 weeks of sep­a­ra­tion, one phone call, and a dozen let­ters were all that filled the gap in that time. I know that there are many mil­i­tary fam­i­lies who have been sep­a­rated for much longer, and with less con­tact. If you have never had to keep a mar­riage strong and viable  —  and …

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March 12, 2011 – 17:02 | By admin | Posted in Knee Deep in the Hooah! | Comments (1)

A few of my favorite things…

I have been slow at work­ing on this blog. It’s been a long hard year with a lot of obsta­cles for me to over­come. I have a few things I have yet to 『unpack』 in this new blog-home of mine, and my all-time favorite pic­tures of my loved ones are cer­tainly ready to be unpacked and hung-up in the new …

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March 12, 2011 – 16:45 | By admin | Posted in General Ledger | Comments (0)

In His Hands

I love revis­it­ing Books of the Bible I have stud­ied before. If you go into scrip­ture search­ing you will most cer­tainly find a trea­sure! I know the Spirit is at work in us and as He trans­forms us by the renew­ing of our minds the Word’s mean­ing grows deeper and wider. It truly is a life spring and a well …

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March 11, 2011 – 18:35 | By admin | Posted in Homiletics & Devotions | Comments (0)

Daily Bible Study — Tips

Find­ing time to study scrip­ture every­day is a vital part of the Chris­t­ian life, but it is also the one thing that tends to get left off of our busy agen­das first. I am a busy woman myself! I once had a friend ask me, “Have you ever heard the acronym “B.U.S.Y.” Being Under Satan’s Yoke?” Ouch!   Don’t let …

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March 4, 2011 – 09:00 | By admin | Posted in Homiletics & Devotions | Comments (0)

Faith Deployed … Again — Updated!

Faith Deployed… Again was offi­cially released on July 1, 2011. To order your copy please go to Ama­zon. From Faith Deployed (if you look at the names of the con­tribut­ing authors… you might find a Shack­elford!) I am so excited and hon­ored to be a part of this won­der­ful book! I will add pur­chas­ing infor­ma­tion when the book is released.

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February 7, 2011 – 17:44 | By admin | Posted in General Ledger, Homiletics & Devotions | Comments (1)