Author: pdbarringer
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “In the Shadow of the Mountain”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Yesterday we continued our series…
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Marriage Mondays: 3 Ways We Can Play fair
So I thought I’d try something new. For the past 5 years-ish, I’ve reserved most of my marriage blogging for Fridays as people are heading into the weekend. So I thought, like a good cup of Costa Rican coffee on Monday morning, I’d start off the week with a simple marital challenge. So today, I…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “Start Your Stretch”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Yesterday we continued our series…
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Use your inside voice: 5 Thoughts on Your Marital Tone
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” – Romans 12:18 “Use your inside voice” has been a parenting tactic for years. For some parents, it’s an attempt at telling a child to “quiet down” but in a nicer way. Randomly, I hear parents tell this to…
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15 Parenting Thoughts on Ethan’s 15th Birthday
I have a habit of blogging on special days for the family. Perhaps, the moment demands reflection and thought. And like most occasions, when I start processing things, I journal in order to frame together what is stirring in me. Today is my son’s 15th birthday. As usual, theses moments in your children cause you…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “I Don’t Have to Look”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Yesterday we continued our series…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “The Place of Preparation”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Yesterday we continued our series…
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Why so Serious? 3 Ways to Invest Laughter in Your Marriage
My wife I and love to laugh (even as I type that, I almost see it as an understatement). It’s one of our two essential elements of a healthy marriage. Jesus. Gives us a foundation and structure to build with. Laughter. Gives us a healthy connection and a filter to process life. Anne and I…
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Back to School: 10 Things to Pray Over Your Students
Today is a monumental day for our home. We have two beginning their freshman year. My daughter begins her college career, my son begins high school. My tradition of praying over them every morning has continued since the day I dropped them off at preschool. The obvious differences today is, first, I’m not holding their…
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Week 7: Saturday #KfirstReadingList
There’s something about having a “reading list.” Usually, around the end of the school year, we see people posting about them or hear people talking about them. Of all of the books we want to soak up, the Bible is at the top of that list. At Kfirst , we believe that scripture is not just…
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