Archive | October, 2009
The Stars of YLCF

The Stars of YLCF

A flautist in South Africa. A student pounding the pavement in St. Petersburg. A young doctor in Aberdeen. A writer in Nashville. A mother of two in Alaska. Night nurses. School teachers. Nannies. Baristas. Scholars and entrepreneurs. Domestic engineers and dairy farmers. Singers, dancers, scribblers and seamstresses. This is you. This is the Young Ladies…

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A Peek Into Your Day

A Peek Into Your Day

Welcome to the “A Peek Into Your Day” blog carnival! Over the course of the past few weeks, we’ve enjoyed a behind the scenes look into the real, day-to-day lives of the YLCF team members. You’ve watched us making meals, running errands, feeding animals, hurrying to softball games, writing articles, and, yes, even picking up…

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Ingredients for a Great Day

I’ve decided there are two—no three—things that make my day go better.  The one is—or at least, should be—a “given”: spending time in God’s Word.   But unfortunately, it often becomes only an item to be hurried through so I can get to my to-do list (which is the second).  Yet if I do really focus…

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Friday in Sunny Southern California

Friday in Sunny Southern California

This is the last installment from one of us in our Day in the Life of the Team series, but not the end of the fun! Now it’s YOUR turn! Don’t miss the “A Peek Into Your Day” Blog Carnival, hosted by YLCF, next Wednesday, October 28! I’d like to say our Fridays are anything…

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Written by You–Posts and Carnivals

Young Ladies Christian Fellowship is a place for young ladies… whether young in age or young in heart. We come here from many different seasons of life. Some are single, some are planning weddings, some are learning the basics of homemaking, some are rocking babies, some are busy with school and soccer games, some have…

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Afraid of the Dark

Afraid of the Dark

I was never afraid of the dark growing up, though the sticker of the fireman on my window (a notice in case of fire that this was a room where children slept) did give me a start a time or two when the moon made it look like a shadowy shape that I couldn’t account…

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Saturday at Castleberry Farms

Saturday at Castleberry Farms

When I was given Saturday as my “day-in-the-life” to write about, I thought it would be easy. Saturdays generally follow a fairly simple pattern: chores, breakfast, housecleaning…but ever since Saturday became my day to write about, they have all been out of the ordinary. I haven’t had a typical Saturday for the last eight weeks!…

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Start

by Emily Ann Benedict I cannot tell you the number of times people have told me, “I’ve always wanted to write a book.” My response is always, “You should,” but I find what they really mean to say is the idea is a bit overwhelming. It seems we often have an image of an inspired…

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