Devotionals

Success - Failure

The Potential in Failure

Dear 12th Mile community... Louise wants the A+. It is a joke in the Gibson house. Truthfully, though, there has been more fact than fiction in that statement! Running corrected ...
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Humility and Gentleness

It's Spring! Good Morning 12th Mile Community... The end of Sweater-Weather is in sight!  T-shirts will soon take center stage, and this is definitely the way my husband rolls! For ...
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Marshmallows

Dear 12th Mile Runners:       I love S’mores! I especially love the Hallenbeck S’more! My friend Chris created it! He doesn’t like marshmallows! So, he replaces marshmallows with the ...
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Make a Joyful Splash and Decorate Your World – It’s Fun

Happy Friday, 12th Mile Runners: February! It is nearly done. We are headed toward Spring and warmer temperatures! (Michigan people are DANCING). BUT…February’s heart plays out all year long whenever ...
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The Distance Love Will Go

Dear 12th Mile Runners: It’s February—the month with heart! The American Heart Association highlights it. Hallmark romances it. Chocolate companies sweeten it. Florists beautify it. Physically, emotionally, and even spiritually, ...
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Finish line in sight

Dear 12th Mile Runners, This is getting exciting!  WooHoo! Introducing The 12th Mile: When Hard Becomes Harder Still book cover! See Attached!  Nate Knobloch has been the talent behind its ...
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Three Blueberries

Dear 12th Mile Runners, Happy Mid-January… Ah, January! The month that inspires us to resolve what is not! Strengthening what is weak. Launch a personal makeover, no matter how small! ...
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Happy New Year 🎈 12th Mile Runners!

Please know that I am praying for each of you by name as we approach the “start line” for a brand-new year… every stride! I pray for the strength, wisdom, ...
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Hark! the Hera…….? Angels we Have Heard on

Are you singing yet?  ;o) Humming the tune—at least in your head—to finish the incomplete subject line of this email? And I bet that, although the lyrics have lain dormant ...
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A Sermon from the Creative World of a 4-year-old…

Four-year-olds. Imagination. Vision. Insight.  Four-year-olds remind me of truths I often forget. If you've ever spent time with these amazing young humans, you probably resonate. Occasionally, I have the rare ...
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About Louise Ann Gibson

Louise Ann Gibson is a passionate storyteller, caregiver, and runner who has spent nearly fifteen years walking alongside her daughter through chronic illness while navigating her own epilepsy diagnosis.

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