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Melina Meador
Jan 12, 20193 min read
What Does it Mean to Close Your Eyes in Prayer?
Not long ago some of our family was gathered at an Uncle and Aunt’s home for dinner. We had a discussion about prayer and why we close...
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Melina Meador
Dec 10, 20183 min read
Knowing When to Tighten the Lines and When to Hold Them Loosely
My husband took me sailing when we were dating. He was a newish sailor and enjoyed being a member of a sailing club (which sounds so...
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Melina Meador
Nov 28, 20182 min read
When a Dark and Cold Day Descends
Depending on your location on this diverse planet, you will encounter days of gloom, fog, sunsets (oh but did the sun ever appear?) at...
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Melina Meador
Nov 13, 20184 min read
Front-loading Your Day
Front-load: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of a contract, project, or time period. Transitive verb. First usage as...
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Melina Meador
Nov 12, 20182 min read
When All You Have is 20 Minutes
Do you have something you really want to do (write a book, play an instrument, make a special handicraft, create a website, start a...
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Melina Meador
Nov 8, 20181 min read
Timers
Your smartphone may be your biggest distraction but it also is awfully handy. Do you use timers? I tell you what, timers are amaaaazing. ...
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Melina Meador
Nov 6, 20182 min read
Walking to “Order” the Mind
Recently I heard a Psychologist say that some people use their phones and either social media or games for “ordering” their mind. She...
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Melina Meador
Nov 5, 20183 min read
30-Day Exercise Challenge
When my youngest child was about 4 months old, I, despairing of ever feeling like a healthy, slim woman again, went to the store to buy...
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Melina Meador
Oct 30, 20183 min read
How Work Makes Us More Human
I overhead an older lady in a nursing home today. She was telling the Activities Director that she was desperate for some “work” to do....
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Melina Meador
Oct 24, 20186 min read
Celebrating Biblical Feasts as a Christian
First of all, I can think of no better way to expand your ability to see what on earth Jesus was all about than looking back to the...
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Melina Meador
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Don’t Roll With It: Power Posing and Living Bigger
I’ve swung between mousy and lion-hearted my whole life. I literally have told myself, “Stop being Mousy Melina!” when I felt I was a...
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Melina Meador
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Reading More and Reading to Get Smarter
At the beginning of 2018 I set a goal to read 36 books. I thought I could chip away at 3 books a month and the only requirement would be...
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