Category Archives: General

Dreams

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Laura Navarro

Night before last I had a wild dream (not that uncommon for me). Monday was a very stressful day at work, and I worked straight from 9am to 10:30 pm so it took me awhile to decompress and get to … Continue reading →

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Introverts and phone calls

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Laura Navarro

Scenario one – get all worked up to make the call, think through what I want to say and what they might say. Person answers and I spend the whole call trying not to take too much of their time … Continue reading →

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Fun and Fellowship

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Laura Navarro

Time to talk about something other than my reading. I have been doing a mental recap of what we have been so busy doing this year. The year started out fairly quiet and I got a ton of reading done. … Continue reading →

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Feminine Appeal – Carolyn Mahaney

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Laura Navarro

About a year ago one of my women’s Bible study groups started the book Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother by Carolyn Mahaney. They are focused on Titus 2:3-5. She starts with delight in loving our … Continue reading →

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Travel and trips

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Laura Navarro

According to Fodor’s Spain 2012, May and October are optimal months to visit Spain. Of course, last time I went I arrived in August and left in May – so I covered most of the months, while missing the really … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Block

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Laura Navarro

Seriously – I keep thinking, yeah, I’ll write on my blog. But when that blank white screen comes up I can’t think of a thing. So, we’ll just do some quick takes to get something out here. First – one … Continue reading →

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Women’s Ministry

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Laura Navarro

A few weekends ago I spent a Saturday listening to the ARP Women’s Ministry Coordinator, Elizabeth Burns, present a session on “Re-thinking the Ministry of Women” in Gastonia. This was a bit of a sacrifice for me, because at the … Continue reading →

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Bloodguilt

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I love books, as anyone reading this blog knows. One source for books this year has been Cruciform Press. They publish one book a month, it is a fairly small but powerful book each time. I have a subscription so … Continue reading →

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On Not Being Comfortable

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I picked up a quick read this week. I had heard of Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher and put it on my list of “someday” reads. I finally decided this was the day. The book is short, a tad coarse, … Continue reading →

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See things from his perspective

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Laura Navarro

Sharing another article – if you drive on the highways at all you should read this. The truck driver’s story. Then check out this post from Paul Tripp about grace. I love how he reminds us again and again that … Continue reading →

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