Thank you to my readers for their submissions this past week! Here are your words for 2026:
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“I will always be curious about what I don’t know and be humble about what I think I do know.”
“It is not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you are absolutely sure about that just ain’t so.” (Mark Twain)
Bob, Denver, CO
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My word this year is poise but maybe a little deeper understanding. I feel Him calling me to radical honesty with poise. Let’s see how that shapes up.
Elizabeth, Lino Lakes, MN
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Engage. Let’s do this!
Deborah, Beldenville, WI
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Engaged (but with God and not to a boy!)
Dicka, in a village of Papua New Guinea
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Rejoice!
Ricka, Fridley, MN
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Changes for good
Flicka, Bloomington, MN
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My word for 2026 chose me: savor!
I want to
savor foods by eating more slowly, maybe even trying new foods.
savor and appreciate the fact I am alive.
savor the renewed enjoyment of things that have lost their savor.
savor my time with family and friends.
savor time spent with the One who gave me the need and desire to savor more of Him.
Avis, Newfolden, MN
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*Names in this blog have been changed to protect my family, neighbors, and friends in the neighborhood, and in a nod of appreciation to the beloved Swedish author Maj Lindman, I’ve renamed my three blondies Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka and their husbands (present and future), Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr.