Category: Blog
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The Tension Of Training Your Heart
By Lisa S. Tarno I just heard a great message from our pastor on training the heart. He highlighted two verses that are important to understand why we act the way we act and what to focus on to improve. The situations are when we are provoked what our reactions are and what they say…
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The War For Our Minds
By Lisa S. Tarno To defend the land you need an army, but to defend freedom you need education”~ Rabbi Jonathan Sacks This statement really resonated with me. Our world is in crisis. In the Bible, Matthew 24 has a lot to say: “Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in…
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Little Changes, Amazing Outcomes- The One Degree Difference
By Lisa S. Tarno I’m reading a great book, “Atomic Habits” by James Clear and the information he presents is a new way to look at the things we achieve in our lives. Many of us know about goal setting and having action plans. This author talks more about the action plans or as he…
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Making Deposits…A Life Tip For Growing Things
By Lisa S. Tarno So I’m doing the do. I’m getting out there in a new place and meeting people. As well, my husband and my strategy in this new place is the fire-hydrant-approach to meeting people. We are getting involved in a lot of things to put ourselves out there socially, spiritually and athletically.…
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Small Talk…Blah, Blah Blah
By Lisa S. Tarno Am I alone in this feeling? I just do not like small talk. It seems forced, fake, and very uncomfortable. It happens at events, dinner parties, corporate parties and social settings where the main event either hasn’t begun or has just finished. Unless you find the right person that you instantly…
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Alone In The Crowd
By Lisa S. Tarno I’m thinking of a recent conversation I had with someone regarding whether or not I would attend an upcoming women’s event at our new church. I love the idea of it, but honestly said that it was intimidating as a new person, because nothing so aptly exploits all that I do not…
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Comfort Is The Enemy
By Lisa S. Tarno “Get busy living or get busy dying…..” ~ Shawshank Redemption movie “Take the first problem and solve it and then move on to the next…”~The Martian movie These two movies inspired me. They showed the tenacity of the human spirit and the essence of thriving in the midst of adversity. Who…
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This Time Is Different…
By Lisa S. Tarno I recently shared about a time in my thirties when friends were moving away left and right and even though I had three kids and a husband, I felt the sting of loneliness. I remember as I struggled through that time talking with God about the ridiculousness of the coincidence of…
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Resilience
By Lisa S. Tarno I was greeted by a beautiful surprise this morning in my backyard, a blossom on my Argentine Toothpick Cactus. I made sure to take a photo. This picture is one of many that perfectly illustrate resilience. The beautiful blossom bloomed in the very midst of needles on the cactus. I read…
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Do You Have The Infrastructure For Health And Vitality?
By Lisa S. Tarno I love when an author says something that hits me between the eyes. Susie Larson did it again within her book, “Fully Alive”. God had revealed to her in her times of praying for healing that if He healed her today, she’d lose it the next day because as He impressed…
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