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The Day I Avoided Foster Ministry

March 5, 2018February 26, 2018 Heather Caliri
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I really wanted to get excited with Martha. But instead, I felt panicky. At the playground with our kids, she was telling me about a powerful sermon she heard with her husband. “The preacher pointed out that if every Christian family in the US were to adopt, there would be no children in the foster […]

How I Went from Stinginess to Simplicity

August 3, 2016August 18, 2018 Heather Caliri
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  The other day, my husband caught me darning my underwear. The pair had a hole near my hip. They’re a few years old, so I had thought about tossing them, but pulled out my needle and thread instead. This frugality runs in my blood. My mom grew up poor, her mother was a child […]

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