Toni Wilbarger
Let Not?
When I was a teen, sometimes I hung out with my dad while he worked in the yard. I remember once when I watched him scatter grass seed...
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Toni Wilbarger
Seeking His Truth in All Things
Finalist 2023 "Get Pubbed" Contest (Scrivenings Press)
Runner Up 2020 Great Novel Contest (Ohio Writers' Association)
Semi-finalist 2017 Somerset Book Awards
Semifinalist 2023 & 2020 Writer of the Year (Serious Writer, Inc.)
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Toni Wilbarger
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More Than a Game
Have you ever played Upwords? What about Boggle? Bananagrams? All three games involve using letter tiles or cubes to create words. In...
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Toni Wilbarger
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A Matter of Opinion
You may have heard the saying, “If I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.” This quote is attributed to three people: Canadian educator...
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What Do You Expect?
Before we were married, my husband-to-be and I took marriage classes through a local church. One of the things I remember them warning us...
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What's Your Sign?
While driving home from vacation one year, I laughed at an exit sign that pointed to Stinking Creek Rd. in Tennessee. For the record,...
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On Cicadas and Sin
Gather 'round while we learn a little science about Magicicada, or as we called them during college: Cicadas. Also known as gross,...
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Just Jewelry?
Anyone who knows me knows I love jewelry. The more sparkle, the better. My collection is rather embarrassing. Friends and family gave...
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Rainy Day Revelations
It's spring in Ohio, so that means lots of rainy days. And since my mood tends to reflect the weather, a long stretch of rain can send me...
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Bruise? What Bruise?
Clumsy. What a quirky little word to describe someone who can't seem to walk through a doorway without whacking herself on the arm;...
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Getting Away
Most of us in our work-a-day world know exactly what the word hectic means. Crazy days. Interruptions. Busy-ness. Phones ringing. Too...
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One Act of Kindness
It's not surprising to anyone these days that kindness is in short supply in our world. If you haven't been living under a rock these...
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Near and Far
I think we all go through phases in our Christian walk-- phases where we feel so close to God in the time we spend reading His word or in...
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Film at Eleven
Chaos in Afghanistan. Covid numbers spiking. Mask mandates. Vaccine mandates. Hurricane Ida. Division in our Congress. In our cities. In...
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Living and Active
Finding an idea to blog about can be difficult at times. As a Christian writer, what can I come up with that hasn't been done before?...
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Finding Success When You're Invisible
"Hello? Is anyone out there?" "Can you hear me?" Sometimes I feel like calling out to the air or across social media platforms: Am I...
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Toxic People - There's Another Way
"Don't feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life." "Letting go of toxic people is an act of self-care." These Facebook...
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Feeling Disconnected?
For those who don't know me, I'm the secretary of my church. Basically, about 400 people rely on me to receive important information...
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Releasing the Stone
The world is a cruel place. People are taking to social media to let their followers know of another person's faults or to ridicule how...
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The Gift and Promise of Color
Color. Do we really stop to see the beauty God has provided for us, or are we too involved in our busyness to notice? I looked outside...
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Telling Our Stories
Five of us sat at the restaurant lunch table that day-- my parents, my sister, her boyfriend, and me. As we waited for our food, the...
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