http://ktripp.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:33:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hate matching socks.  Actually, it’s not matching socks that makes me crazy it’s all the unmatched socks.  Where do all the lost socks go?  I don’t think my cats eat them and my husband assures me that they do not disintegrate in the washer.  My only answer is that ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than%e2%80%a6-your-lost-socks-devo-by-karen-tripp-ms Karen Tripp MS Blog                  Speaker, Counselor, Author I am constantly amazed at my “to-do” list.  Just as I scratch off two items, 10 more appear. But procrastination is not as much about what you have left to do as how much you have left undone.  It seems that just as I ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-%e2%80%a6-your-procrastination Karen Tripp's BLOG                                    Speaker, Author, Counselor    www.Godisbiggerthan.com There are so many things about the Christmas season that I look forward to with great expectation: the music, the food, the gift giving, the lights, the decorations.  You name it, I love it!  But there is one seasonal tradition I dread with great ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-office-christmas-parties Karen Tripp's BLOG                                         Speaker, Author, Counselor    www.Godisbiggerthan.com   I suppose you’ve noticed that mall parking lots transform this time of year from easily accessible valleys of parking opportunities to hot beds of competition and anxiety.  Typically mild mannered drivers become death defying Kamikaze pilots with only one mission: find a parking space.  ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-mall-parking-lots Karen Tripp's BLOG    Speaker, Author, Counselor    http://www.Godisbiggerthan.com/ For me potlucks are complicated.  I never know what to make.  I guess this is why being invited to dinner is so much nicer than being invited to a potluck.  And yet, the dinner invitation is barely out of my friend’s mouth before I ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-a-potluck Karen Tripp's BLOG     Speaker, Author, Counselor  http://www.Godisbiggerthan.com/   A Christmas message. You may be wondering what foot odor has to do with Christmas.  Well, a few Christmas’ ago I got to thinking about the gift of the Christ Child and I realized there’s more to this gift than first meets the eye.  So ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than%e2%80%a6foot-odor Karen Tripp's BLOG              Speaker, Author, Counselor  www.Godisbiggerthan.com  My Mom’s side of the family really knows how to throw a family reunion.  Picture 40-50 people ranging from infants to great-grandparents, a food table with twice as many desserts as entrées, and the obligatory post dinner football game for jocks of all ages.  ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-%e2%80%a6family-reunions Dear Karen, This is going to be my first christmas without my dad, and I am having trouble getting into the christmas spirit. He has only been gone 8 months. Please help. Vickie Vickie, Thank you so much for contacting me.  I can only imagine how hard it is to think about ... http://ktripp.com/the-first-christmas-after-the-loss-of-a-loved-one Yep!  I have writtena 28- day Christmas devotional called Discovering the True Spirit of Christmas and I am looking for guinea pigs!  Actually, I'm looking for folks that would be willing to give my book a test run this Christmas so I can improve it before I take it to ... http://ktripp.com/free-christmas-devotional Karen Tripp's BLOG      Speaker, Author, Counselor   http://www.Godisbiggerthan.com/   You know sometimes bulldozers are pretty handy things to have around.  If you’re plowing paths through thick forests or turning mountains of dirt into flatten vistas then a bulldozer is just what you need.  However, if you have a delicate job that requires patience ... http://ktripp.com/god-is-bigger-than-a-bulldozer