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Being Courageous is Scary Stuff

by | June 11, 2025 | Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom | 0 Comments

You think that bold firefighters hold no fear in their bones when they rush into a red-hot cauldron of fire that was once a high-rise building? That police officers have no fear inside as they run toward an active crime scene? That parents don’t spend some...
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Adult Siblings Good and Bad

by | June 4, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Family, Personal Growth | 0 Comments

If the adult version of you originated in a home that consisted of one child, that shaped you. You very likely grew up having no real concept of ‘sharing-because-you-have-to.’ Two in one bedroom, and having to learn to accept your different preferences? Probably...
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Is Poverty Better For You Than Wealth?

by | May 28, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Inspiration, Wisdom | 0 Comments

I can vividly imagine the reactions of most who just read that title. “Are you nuts, Renie B?! Of course, being rich would be better for me than having to drive this old rattletrap of a car, that breaks down every time a wind any stronger than a baby’s breath blows...
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Already Unlocked Prison

by | May 21, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Inspiration, Personal Growth | 0 Comments

The angry and resentful young man sat sullenly on the edge of his narrow cot in the cell.  He had no idea how long he had been sitting there, body motionless but with his brain racing in high gear. Ben’s pulse rate and stress level had shot through the roof when he...
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Integrity Doesn’t Come in an Easy-Open Can

by | May 14, 2025 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Wisdom | 0 Comments

Having integrity. “Doing what you should do, even when no one is watching, and will never know if you did it or not.” It’s not something that is inexpensive and easily obtained for yourself – like a bottle of water. Indeed it is just the opposite, you have to...
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Our Automatic Hands-Free World

by | May 7, 2025 | Family, Parenting, Relationships | 0 Comments

Many things like our car washes, ATMs, and grocery stores now boast that they have contactless accessibility. “NO TOUCHING, KEEP TO YOUR YOURSELF SO YOU WON’T RISK BEING CONTAMINATED OR INVOLVED.” And that concept works for keeping yourself germ-free in this scary...
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CoffeeTime Articles

Read through the articles from Andy & Renie Bowman that have been syndicated weekly in newspapers across the country as the CoffeeTime column. These articles use humor, wit and wisdom to share timely insight into realtionships, personal growth, parenting and faith.

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