Author: Karen E. Young

Sharing the journey of fumbling my way to pleasing Jesus as His follower, as a wife, mother, businesswoman/ entrepreneur, cook/baker, employer, writer, occasional singer, lifelong learner, and aspiring dancer.

10 Beauty Secrets That Won’t Hurt Your Pocket

Did you hear that over $426 billion a year are spent by women on beauty products? There aren’t enough lifetimes nor money for a woman to try all the ubiquitous beauty advice, products, and services peddled from every corner of the eye.  But no need to part with cash today!  The Ultimate Beauty Book has costless…

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Fight For Your Families

Beloved, there may come opposition to your rebuilding your family. We are not unaware of Satan’s tricks to give you feelings of discouragement or defeat  or a new offence as a bait for unforgiveness; his ultimate goal is to steal your peace and joy, to kill your hopes, to destroy your family. There might be…

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To Fast or Not to Fast?

I would occasionally hear that this friend or that was fasting for the day. I respected it but didn’t see my need for it. When I was younger, my mom used to assign a helper to stand by my side to shell and pick out my crab so that I could eat the meat without…

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Real Hope for New Life: Kay Arthur

Kay Arthur is a four-time ECPA Christian Book Award winning author, and co-CEO of Precept Ministries International.  She is the teacher and host of Precepts for Life™, a daily television, radio, and online program which has an audience reach of over 75 million households and broadcasts into over 30 countries. Her life is proof that God…

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Where is God? (Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts)

My dear friend, Heidi, had spoken highly of Ann Voskamp’s site many years back.  When Audible.com had a 3-for-2 sale last month, I checked out what books I could take with me for a trip I was going to make. One of my finds was fifty-seven week NY Times bestseller, One Thousand Gifts, from Ann Voskamp. Ann says…

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Sincere Love Through Mercy

Romans 12:14 MSG Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. 19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. “I’ll do the judging,” says God. “I’ll take care of it.” Lord, if You struck…

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Ten Insights from Candy Crush

You know you’re hooked to Candy Crush when you have an iPhoto download dated February 2016.  And it’s only 2014. Last week, I panicked when I saw that it was 10:45 and I was supposed to meet Jenina at 11:30 in Makati.  Just a wee bit slower than Clark Kent, I did a quick change…

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