Maribeth Harper
Are You Still Missing Them? Or Over JOYED?
By now, our college-aged young adults have settled into their routines and (hopefully) so have we. Our families have adjusted to the new...
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Maribeth Harper
- Aug 12
- 2 min
It's August...Off They Go to College! Let's Support Them with Prayer
Lord Jesus, you learned at your mother's knee and, when it came time, you left your home in Nazareth to begin your mission. I bring my...
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Maribeth Harper
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Calling in Reinforcements!
The contentious election is behind us, COVID vaccines are coming, and we've had an unusual stretch of beautifully warm weather here in...
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Maribeth Harper
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
Who's the Student?
Fall is in the air! With autumn normally comes cooler nights, falling leaves, and back-to-school. But there's nothing "normal" about...
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Maribeth Harper
- Jul 4, 2020
- 2 min
Fireworks over the Cost of Higher Education
In this unwelcome season of Covid 19, we have been forced to live with lots of volatility-- in our spiritual lives (social distancing at...
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Maribeth Harper
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
How to Talk to Your Kids About BLM
Does it feel like the sky is falling? Fires in Australia, murder hornets, Covid 19, and now civil unrest on our nations' streets. Because...
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Maribeth Harper
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Where Are We Headed?
The virus has forced us down an unfamiliar, narrow path and we don't know what's on the other end. After 6-8 weeks of sheltering in...
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Maribeth Harper
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
History's Most Unusual Holy Week
Looking at this map for some weekend travel ideas? Who would have thought that when I wrote last month anticipating the "long,...
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Maribeth Harper
- Feb 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Fast Way to Help Our Kids this Lent
We are in the middle of the longest stretch of the academic year --January through April-- weeks during which most of our college-aged...
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Maribeth Harper
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
New Year's Challenge
We don't need Santa to show us that we all have some naughty tendencies. The famous (or infamous) New Year's resolution is an opportunity...
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Maribeth Harper
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
I'm sleepy, I'm bored, I'm...
In a matter of days, college students will finish their exams and head home for the Christmas holidays, which will be anywhere from three...
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Maribeth Harper
- Nov 6, 2019
- 2 min
Talk'in Turkey
Do you know who's coming to Thanksgiving dinner this year? When you welcome your college-aged children to the table they may be...
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Maribeth Harper
- Oct 2, 2019
- 2 min
What in the WORLD?
One of my adult children thinks I live in a bubble, that I look at the world through rose-colored glasses, and that I've lost my grip on...
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Maribeth Harper
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
Mom, How Much Do You Care?
It was the third week of September before I began to recover emotionally from the experience of dropping my first child off at college....
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Maribeth Harper
- Aug 7, 2019
- 3 min
Goodbye... And Be Safe!
When you help your college bound son or daughter prepare to leave for school later this month, will you pack a bullet proof vest? Fire...
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Maribeth Harper
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
Summer Vacation...kinda
When my kids were little, our summertime family beach vacation was anything but a restful vacation. Wonderful, yes! But, as all moms...
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Maribeth Harper
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
What's Inside?
When my boys came home from college for the summer, they parked the old van in the driveway, dragged their bags into the foyer, dumped...
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Maribeth Harper
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
The Best Advice I've Ever Gotten
On the large white board at a exercise studio downtown, my fellow spinners seem to enjoy answering the question of the month posted by...
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Maribeth Harper
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Spring Break...Yea or Nay?
College undergrads inundate Miami Beach each year for spring break, but this year the city is waving a white flag, crying "Nay, too much...
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