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Best Hot Chocolate Recipe
This is my original recipe from 2008. HOMEMADE HOT CHOCOLATE RECIPE! What's the difference between hot chocolate and hot cocoa? The base...

Julie Branstetter
Jan 27, 20212 min read
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Jalapeno Pimento Cheese
Original Post from 08/04/2012 This is one of the very best recipes online, shared and pinned like crazy! This is one delicious recipe;...

Julie Branstetter
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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The Seven "I Am" Statements of Jesus
I hope this blesses you. I will be preaching on this more later in the month. In the Gospel of John, Jesus makes 7 "I Am" statements. ...

Julie Branstetter
Jan 4, 20214 min read
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Cling!
God is showing me over and over lately just how much He has done to prepare me for and protect me from... so many things. All along the...

Julie Branstetter
Jul 11, 20202 min read
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Everything Produces Its Own Kind
I think this says it all; there is no need for a long blog post to go with it. Hate will always lash out at love, because love never...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 7, 20201 min read
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Pour It Out & Make a Fresh Pot
I made a half-pot of coffee yesterday morning, went to work in the yard, and never even touched it. Seeing it now made me realize that...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 7, 20202 min read
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The Authentic Church
Have you ever worked really hard on a meal that smelled great, looked so appetizing you couldn’t wait to eat it, and then, when you sat...

Julie Branstetter
May 17, 20205 min read
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Zoe's Graduating!!
Zoe is graduating and we are so happy for her! She will be attending NC Wesleyan College in the fall, majoring in psychology. She has...

Julie Branstetter
May 16, 20201 min read
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Long Days, Long Season
I feel light! We are reaching a point in our year that I love, slightly earlier than usual. Much of the curriculum, that I spend the...

Julie Branstetter
Mar 25, 20204 min read
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When Nothing Seems to Change
The caterpillar, not the butterfly, teaches us that growth doesn’t always look like a total transformation, but it is still progress!

Julie Branstetter
Oct 15, 20193 min read
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Running in Cycles
Do you find yourself working on the same personality issue year after year? Don’t be discouraged. For one, you are still trying and that...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 23, 20194 min read
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Butts to the Wind
One of the many beautiful wonders of the North Carolina coast are the Banker Horses living along the barrier islands of the Outer Banks. ...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 7, 20196 min read
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All Eyes On Him
It was God's providence that brought Joseph out of his cell to use the gift God gave Joseph to make him second to Pharaoh in the land of...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 3, 20193 min read
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In Our Neighborhood
We, have been collecting photos over the last year, of things around us that we often take for granted or don't take the time to really...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 14, 20191 min read
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BLT Pasta Salad
BLT Pasta Salad Recipe It's so good, that's all you need to know. No life story, no scrolling for ages to find the recipe. Just make it...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 13, 20192 min read
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"Brans-Hand" Parts of Speech Tool
This simple tool can be used to teach your children how to most easily locate foundational parts of speech in a sentence. It is not...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 13, 20193 min read
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Pleasing God Is Enough
Too many people end up frustrated and exhausted from the stress of trying to please God through work that isn’t really necessary. From...

Julie Branstetter
Feb 28, 20195 min read
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Self Pity Monster
Self Pity has to be one of the most successful tricks the enemy uses to defeat God's children. I don't particularly know why, but there...

Julie Branstetter
Dec 28, 20183 min read
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Salvation Essentials
Acts 16:29-34 “Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said,...

Julie Branstetter
Jul 9, 201812 min read
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An Egg or a Scorpion?
On this day, November 15th, in 1917, Oswald Chambers died of a ruptured appendix. The month before, in October, Oswald had traveled to...

Julie Branstetter
Nov 15, 20175 min read
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