real giveaway: day planner

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Hey Guys! Corri over at Chaos Simplified is giving away a girls’ day planner for you or for the girl in your life! To enter, just leave a comment with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you win. (We will never give away, sell, or in any way distribute your information or spam you.) (more…)

real devo: beautiful

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By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski

Sometimes the easiest way out is to run from our problems. Or so it seems… until the problems come running right back to us.

I know about that. (more…)

real poetry: broken

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By RTF Staff Writer Kalli Simmerman

These biting words that cut so deep

They make me shudder and make me weep

They come from a mother with unloving glares

A younger brother who doesn’t care

They come from a father who fills you with lies

An older sister who mocks your cries (more…)

real devo: clumsy love

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By RTF Staff Writer Abbie Miller

So, if we’re gonna be friends, there’s something y’all need to know about me. I’m a klutz. A royal, hardcore, Annie-bar-the-door kind of klutz.

During the course of my two-week globetrotting adventure, I managed to complete the following feats of fantastic clumsiness: (more…)

real devo: in control

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By Staff Writer Jennifer Grimes

I could feel my eyes widen and my face heat up.  My thumb lingered over the television remote’s “go back” button, but I didn’t press it. My eyes were glued to the screen. I was now a victim of the movie’s creators and my own curiosity. I was trapped. (more…)

real advice: how far is too far?

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RTF,

could you help me with what purity means in a relationship.

i’m struggling.
i know the whole thing with no sex before marriage.
and im serious with that stuff.
but is it just sex that is banned within a relationship before marriage?
because there are those other things that aren’t sex.
i dnno, im just confused.
if you could help point me from right to wrong, that would help greatly.
thanks. :)
-sarah
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real devo: it’s about Him

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By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski

I have a self-esteem issue. It’s not just an issue, though — it’s actually a huge problem in my life.

Recently I signed up to go on a mission trip to New York City, and I was worried about what others thought of me, and how I was going to get along with everyone on the trip. The first day of the trip I was so nervous about whether or not people liked me, that I had a panic attack while serving in a soup kitchen. (more…)

real giveaway: do hard things

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By Staff Writer Abbie Miller

Last year, I served for four weeks at a Christian summer camp for kids.

I’d never done anything like it, and I. was. SCARED.

I had no idea what to expect, no real idea why I’d even applied – except that I felt God wanted me to – and I didn’t know anyone there.
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