About
Karis Murray is a Scottsdale, Arizona native and mother to daughters Riley, age 7 and Lydia, age 6. She is currently the Creative Director for the Family Matters Minute Radio Show and serves as Lead Writer and Editor for the show. She has been a freelance writer for more than 10 years and is a poet in her own mind!
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Blogroll
- Crockpot recipes A blog devoted to the use of one of my favorite kitchen things: the crockpot.
- Faith and Immigration A blog about immigration and the nuanced issues surrounding it.
- Modern Reject Nicole Cottrell offers great advice, humor and wisdom.
- my friend Mel Follow Melanie on her journey through financial hardship and mysterious illness…
- Scottsdale Moms Blog A place for Scottsdale Moms (and all moms) to come for advice, tips, restaurant reviews and local events and activities.
- Shouts from the Wilderness My brother, the brainiack, Jesus loving WonderBoy offers daily devotions that will stir your spirit and often kick your tail!
- Stuff White People Like This is one of my favorite blogs ever. I am guilty of most of what he pokes fun at.
Archives
Category Archives: confessions
As Promised, I Reveal My Weight
Hi, My name is Karis, and I am created in the image of God… Several weeks ago, I started a Facebook discussion that really got me thinking about body image and our perception of beauty. I watched the Emmy’s and … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, faith, parenting
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Honesty and Courage
There are defining moments in our parenting journey. These slivers of time also align with the defining moments in our children’s lives. Simple, but we often forget that the choices we make in these moments shape our children for good or ill. … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, faith, Family, parenting
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It’s Not Enough to Want to be Hospitable
Over the spring and summer months in the Murray household, we have many visitors. Relatives from the frozen tundra come in droves for Scottsdale’s famously beautiful spring weather. While others are still chipping ice off their windshields, we are getting … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, Family, Random
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Before the Lamps Come On
We live in a dangerous world. Whether it’s more dangerous now then it has been in the past is debatable in my mind. I think our perspective on the level of danger in the world is skewed by the speed … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, faith, Family, parenting
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Be Still- A Memoir
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 I’ve led a charmed life. Not an extravagant or indulgent life. But, through a … Continue reading
Posted in confessions, marriage, parenting
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