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Darlene Brock & Julie Bender from GritandGraceLife.org

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How to Ask Great Questions and Why It’s Life-Giving...

The Grit and Grace Project ·

2025/09/13

Ever have 43 things on your to-do list, and instead of getting them done, you fill out one of those silly internet/Facebook questionnaires that ask great questions? You know, the kind where you check off books you’ve read, movies you’ve watched, states you have visited, favorite breakfast cereal, etc. I am a sucker for them. I mostly don’t even post them, I just read and answer them. I have taken almost every personality test out there. (Enneagram 7 here with a strong 8 wing, ENFJ). I read somewhere

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Has Suicide Touched Your Life?

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2025/09/10

The year I lost my father to suicide was an agonizing chapter in my life, one that unveiled the profound discomfort so many have when confronted with such a painful topic. Even now, discussing suicide remains a daunting challenge, filled with complex emotions that can overwhelm anyone. Unfortunately, the rate of loss due to suicide continues to rise, affecting countless lives and leaving deep emotional scars. Many of us find ourselves either grappling with this tragedy firsthand or knowing someone

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Are You Tired of Waiting On God? Focus On These 5 Things

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2025/09/07

Waiting well. It sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? I mean, who likes to wait? I find myself getting anxious and discontent when I am sitting in the waiting room at my doctor’s office and it is only five minutes past my initial appointment time. We are a people who do not like to wait. Heck, we even have apps that allow us to pre-order our vanilla lattes from Starbucks just so we don’t have to wait in line when we pick it up. We live in a fast-paced society that thrives on

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12 Retro Adages That Still Ring True Today

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2025/09/05

I was born in California to parents who were from the Midwest. My mom, whose father was a country doctor, grew up in Iowa. Her dad was oftentimes paid with chickens and garden produce because most of his patients’ families had very little money. When Mom was 9 years old, her father died while on a house call when a donkey jumped off a small bank and through the windshield of his car. My grandmother had to send my mom and uncle to live with relatives until she could find enough work to feed her

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Celebrate Recovery Month With Grace Instead of Judgment

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2025/09/02

This may be a startling fact: there are over 23 million Americans (and more than half of those women) who identify as being a person in recovery from addiction. That’s a lot of people. Though in the world around us, people don’t celebrate recovery; addiction is rarely associated with something positive like that. You might remember the stories upon stories about Lindsey Lohan’s wild shenanigans (before her beautiful comeback in the last few years) and less-than-glamorous bar-time photos

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Does Finding Your Purpose Really Matter?

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2025/08/31

If you’ve been at all tuned in to book trends in the last 20 years, you have heard of (if not read) The Purpose Driven Life. Having sold more than 60 million copies, it landed on nightstands, tabletops, and in the hands of a greatly diverse population throughout the world. The success of this publication was completely unpredicted by the reviewers, booksellers, and industry at large. What they didn’t understand is that there is within every one of us a desire to find our purpose. The Innate Desire

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This Summer Taught Me We Need to Soak Up Every Minute...

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2025/08/29

This summer, I have been reflecting a lot on motherhood, life, and time. The time we have with our children is so fleeting, yet the days are often long and tangled together with an enormous amount of expectation and hustle. I think this summer is an exhale, a chance to breathe out and say “ahh.” I love a good Monday hustle like anyone, but a quiet afternoon with no appointments or deadlines has replaced it. I can’t say I am sad about it. This is our second year homeschooling our twins

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Ask Dr. Zoe – How Do I Get My Husband to Seek Help...

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2025/08/28

‘Chatty in Nooga’ Asked: I’m pretty sure my husband is struggling with bipolar disorder/depression. My dad has it, so I’m aware of what it can look like. My husband knows when he’s in a dark place. He’s openly admitted that it’s been very dark recently and we’ve had discussions about him seeking help. He seems open to it in the moment but comes out of it and never pursues counseling. He’s admitted he’s scared of what they’ll say and of being medicated as he was previously many years ago,

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7 Essential Tips to Relieve Middle School Anxiety

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2025/08/26

Middle school is one of the most emotionally-charged seasons in every human’s life. Bringing up this rite of passage, from elementary age to high school, is always a good way to create lively conversation between adults. Although it’s a season of life that most of us are glad to leave behind, there’s just something about sharing those vivid, awkward memories of middle school anxiety that make us both laugh and cringe at the same time. However, the mother of a child in the midst of middle

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Drinking Excessively? Here Are 8 Healthier Coping...

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2025/08/23

This article was written collaboratively by Caroline Beidler and Lindsey Encinias. Did you know that one alcoholic beverage per day (five ounces—yes, that’s right, not even the size of a measuring cup) is considered “moderate drinking” for women? We didn’t either. Is cocktail hour coming a little early—like noon? Does “Momma social club” always offer drink options? Regular morning cocktails with brunch? Nightly wine (in that oversized glass) and Netflix? Is that drinking excessively

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When College Peer Pressure Challenges Your Faith

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2025/08/19

College can feel like one big party, with drinks in hand and the peer pressure to fit in at every turn. What if God is calling us to stand apart, to say “no” to the temporary and “yes” to a life that honors Him? College is oftentimes used as a time to discover oneself. With no parental supervision, college students are free to explore their likes and dislikes, to try new things that they were too scared to be caught doing. But with this freedom comes a new type of peer pressure—an overwhelming force

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Bible Verses on Hope from the Grit and Grace Team

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2025/08/17

We all need a little hope now and again. Whether something in our lives is severely testing our faith, or we just need a small flicker of light at the end of the tunnel, the need for hope is always in demand. The good news? With God, it’s never in short supply. Check out the Bible verses that the team from Grit and Grace Life refer to when they need that boost; that little reminder that God will lend an ear and a helping hand when our confidence wavers. Here, members of the G&G team share

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This Is What My 7-Year-Old Taught Me That Still Helps...

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2025/08/16

Sitting in a circle, criss-cross applesauce, on a colorfully patterned carpet, I am listening to each of the second graders in my group take turns reading aloud. It was a Tuesday, my day to volunteer in my 7-year-old son’s classroom. As I sat looking at the little faces around our circle, I notice the little face that belongs to me. I smile and look him over, trying to imprint his image on my heart’s memory. I know how fast this time goes and I don’t want to forget one detail. That’s when I notice

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Want More Out of Life?

The Grit and Grace Project ·

2025/08/15

In my yard there was an old oak tree that had the perfect branches for climbing. When I was a girl, many a sunny Saturday afternoon was spent in the time-worn branches—back resting on the strong trunk, with a book in one hand and a crisp green apple in the other. The tree held me as I grew until the branches could no longer bear the weight of my growing body, and I had to shift to sitting under the tree with my book. It was always the book and my refuge that bore me through the years. A tree is a

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If Kids Disrupt Our Lives So Much, Why Do We Do It?

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2025/08/14

(Listen to the audio version of this article here.) Before I had kids, I used to see all of the motherhood memes on social media and scroll right on by, rolling my eyes a bit. Why are there so many? Now that I am a mother, I read almost every single one, laugh, screenshot the best, and send them to my friends. They’re funny because they’re true. All of them. The ones about how your kid never asks their father for something if mom is in the room. The ones about how your toddler has a meltdown

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Ask Dr. Zoe – How Can I Prepare My Kids for Back to...

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2025/08/12

‘Motivated Mama’ Asked: School is just about to start here in our neck of the woods. My anxiety level is slowly growing each day because I am a motivated mama who likes the kids to be prepared for the transition. We have four school-aged children (ages 5, 9, 12 and 16) all of whom seem to be clinging to summer and uninterested in going back to school. What are some of your best tips for making the transition from summer vacation to back to school with your children? Dr. Zoe Answered: Can you really

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Can You Find Rest In a Season of Change?

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2025/08/10

I looked up from my screen—a canvas of white painted with black words—and absentmindedly looked around the library room where others stared at their own screens. I had so much to do this week: lessons to teach, bags to pack, a podcast interview to prepare, a business English training day to brainstorm, birthday presents to purchase, a teacher-parent meeting to attend… the list went on. And yet, in all this, I knew my greatest calling was to abide in Jesus. To learn to rest in Him. But how? How

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4 Ways to Save Your Sanity In a New School Year

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2025/08/09

As the summer comes to a screeching halt, so does the school bus coming to pick up your child to start the new school year. The summer months were stress-free with no running from tennis to piano lessons to football practice to the doctor. There was peace in the summer. There is no reason you can’t find that same tranquility in the coming school year. 4 Easy Steps to Save Your Sanity In a New School Year 1. Plan meals ahead. On Saturday I take five to ten minutes to plan out our meals for the

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Tired? Overwhelmed? 4 Guilt-Free Reasons to Say No

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2025/08/06

Are you tired and overwhelmed? Distracted? Disappointed in yourself? Feeling used and used up? There is a good chance you’re saying “yes” to too many things and people. True, you have a part to play in life. False. You have to play every part in the play of life. It seems impossible to find guilt-free reasons to say no. Too many times, we try to do it all because somewhere along the way, we fell into the trap of believing if we’re not saying “yes,” then we’re selfish or lazy or replaceable or aren’t

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The Grief Ladder: 5 Rungs to Climb for Hope After Loss

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2025/08/05

In May of 2022, I lost my brother and only sibling due to a motorcycle accident. The shock was consuming at first, followed by the surrealness of a world in which I could not call or text him. This was only replaced by the daily emptiness I feared would never be filled, as my brother and I thought of ourselves as two halves of a whole. Watching my parents grieve their son added another layer to this heartbreak to a loss that could never be replaced. Because I run an international association of

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