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Find a Spark By Hannah Sweet
2021 is now in full swing, and well it doesn’t feel all that different from 2020. In fact, some might say that it feels even worse. In...
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Mar 15, 20213 min read
The Masks That We Wear
By Hannah Sweet The weather is beginning to turn, and a chill hangs in the air; Halloween costumes line the shelves and children clamor...
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Oct 9, 20193 min read
Could you Use Me
By Hannah Sweet If you are anything like me then you have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about what you want to do with...
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Oct 9, 20193 min read
Stranger Danger, What's that?
By Hannah Sweet When we are little, we are taught that there is danger among strangers, or stranger danger as it’s most commonly referred...
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Jul 3, 20193 min read
Love is like math
By Hannah Sweet Love is a lot like math. Love, like math is often confusing, and can take hours to figure out one little problem; but...
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Dec 24, 20183 min read
Love Came Down At Christmas
Love. When you think about love you are most likely drawn to romantic love, but there are so many other types of love that are integral...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read
Joyful Receiver
By Hannah Sweet It’s no secret that my husband and I do not live near any of his family, but instead live near mine. At Christmas time...
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Dec 17, 20183 min read


Put on your Sunday clothes
By Hannah Sweet When I was a little girl, going to church was the one day a week that my mom insisted I wear nice clothes, or at our...
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Dec 14, 20184 min read


Count Your Blessings
By Hannah Sweet I love Christmas. I always have. The lights, the music, the decorations, the behavior of everyone in the days leading up...
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Dec 12, 20183 min read


WHy Peanuts Christmas Says it best
By Hannah Sweet With readers in more than 70 countries, numbering in the 300 millions and translating in over a dozen languages it is no...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read
Preparing for Peace
By Hannah Sweet In life we prepare for all sorts of things. We prepare dinner; we prepare our children for school; we prepare ourselves...
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Dec 12, 20184 min read


J-O-Y
By Hannah Sweet Joy. Joseph Marimon said “Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.” I couldn’t have phrased it better. Think about the...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read


Hoper of Hopes
By Hannah Sweet On this the first week of Advent we light the first candle. We think on the words of the Old Testament Prophets. We sing...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read


Dancing Through Life
By Hannah Sweet I am sure the word dancing conjures much imagery. For me the word dance is a special word. Not only does it pertain to my...
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Oct 31, 20183 min read


You Matter To God
By Hannah Sweet Have you ever felt like you weren’t enough for anyone, or that everything that you thought or said was somehow wrong? I...
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Sep 26, 20182 min read


I'm not afraid
By Hannah Sweet What are you afraid of? Perhaps you're afraid of water, heights, clowns, or perhaps you're afraid of the dentist or...
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Aug 13, 20183 min read


God Loves a Dreamer
By Hannah Sweet When I was a little girl I had many dreams and aspirations. One of my biggest growing up was to be a trapeze artist. To...
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Jun 22, 20182 min read


Look To The Rainbow
By Hannah Sweet Life is hard. It doesn’t come with instructions or how-to videos. Yet, there are expectations, ups & downs, and sometimes...
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May 14, 20183 min read
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