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Are Teens Really Stupid? Parenting Teenagers Guide

April 21, 2019 By Tanya Gioia 8 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

I am happy to republish this post with a telling interview on parenting teens by the author of the book.  Click the interview below! My almost teen said to me the other day, “Why do people not like teenagers?’ That broke my heart! Why do people not like teenagers I thought to myself? Not so…

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God Centered Valentine’s Day Kid’s Activity

February 10, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Do you need a quick, no setup, Valentine’s Day kid’s activity this week? Tell your kids your love story! Kids are often curious about how you fell in love, met, married and created them! A great Valentine’s Day Gift for Him or Her or Them. Telling the Family Love Story This Valentine’s Day kid’s activity…

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Simple Advent Preparations: Welcome Jesus

December 1, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

She made Advent happen every year no matter how busy we were.  My mom somehow found time to retrieve our pottery advent wreath, buy 5 candles and settle all 4 of us around the table for the evening meal.   My family is very “Beaver Cleaver” in some respects.  We not only ate dinner together…

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Instant Gratification Monkey-Resolving Procrastination

August 7, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Watching Tim Urban, a self-proclaimed master procrastinator, present his hilarious TED talk on the subject of procrastination gave me hope for resolving procrastination in my own life. If you missed the video watch it here. I have spent the last two years asking why I can’t organize my days and accomplish what I want to accomplish…

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Can Forgiveness Make You Stronger?

April 14, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

“Addiction robs us of the things (and people) we care about the most.” Bill W, Founder Of Alcoholics Anonymous. “Family was foremost to Dad.” (Dewberry, p.18) Three Weeks to Forgiveness Three Weeks to Forgiveness: God’s Redemption in the Dark Places of Addiction delves lovingly into the confusing messages and home life children of alcoholics. This book…

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Valentine's Day Prayer Challenge: Prayers For Your Husband

Valentine’s Day Prayer Challenge: Prayers For Your Husband

February 1, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 10 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Valentine’s Day! Humph!  I am not a super huge fan.  As Justine, at Traveling By Faith, calls it Valentine’s Day AKA Single Awareness Day.   Justine called for a Valentine’s Day Prayer Challenge for Single Women. I am not sure that Valentine’s Day gets any better for those of us who are not single.  It just adds…

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Giving Out of Nothing: God Provides for Widows

December 30, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 4 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

My second marriage sat crumbling in the corner of our big, big house. Going forward one more day took extra effort on my part.  God provides for widows and orphans.  Yet, I was not a widow. No instead addiction just walked off with my husband and marriage at Christmas a month earlier. Not a widow…

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How Friendsgiving Saved My Marriage: A Love Story

November 23, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 4 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Friendsgiving is such a strange term.  All I can see is the cast of Friends, Ross, Monica, Joey, Rachel, Chandler, and Phoebe sitting down to a very late turkey dinner after some emotional struggle almost crashed their friendship. Isn’t that what all the episodes were about?  A relationship issue that threatened to destroy the”Friends” bond. Be Sure…

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Do You Increase Giving When You Start Making More Money?

November 22, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

When your income expands, do you increase giving? As Christians, we are taught to give 10% of our income to the church.  So the simple answer would be yes.  But is that really what Jesus intended?   At 26, Gregory Baumer, Co-Author of God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches At Harvard Business School,…

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Who Should Give, When to Give, How to Give As A Christian

November 14, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 2 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

Giving is an often a hidden and tricky subject even in the halls of our churches.  Churches call it stewardship; the secular world calls it charitable giving. As Christians what is our responsibility to God and community in the areas of giving? This post is part of a multipart series on giving and tithing after…

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