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Valentine’s Day – Kid’s Edition
Some times it feels overwhelming to do 'all the things' for little holidays so it can be easier to pick a tradition you can count on and plan for. Here is what I like to do for my kids on Valentine's Day. It's so easy you hardly need to prep!
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The Lost Recipe Card of Abundant Spiritual Life
Laziness, complacency, and maybe a splash of 'oh, I've got this' led to a less than favorable variation of a once loved and admired recipe.
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Open Letter to the Brokenhearted One
My open letter to the brokenhearted soul. You are seen!
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2020 Vision
As I prayed and looked back on the last few months and considered some things I feel the Lord has been bring me to, I realized what my word was going to be. I was actually reading a book I got for my birthday and the word felt like it jumped off the page. I knew then that it was my word.
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What’s the Word?
Two years ago I decided to pray the week from Christmas to New Year’s Day to see what word the Lord would give me. Two years ago my word was “rest” it was a year I needed to recover and press into the Lord. I didn’t feel to many grand feelings from considering that word but it was a blessed reminder when I started to get angsty.
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No Hiding, Be Hidden
“Don’t look at me, mama!” This is my toddler’s new favorite phase. He says it when he has made a poor choice or is being sneaky. As my little stinker lay under a chair hiding from his hand washing, I couldn’t help but think about how I do this. We ALL do this. At one point, or another, we secretly hope God’s promise to always be near us is not true. We want to ignore it and only cling to it when we are in trouble. …the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you. Deuteronomy 31:6 We categorize God’s promises into seasons – this one for when…
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Self-ology
I have recently been discussing the conversation of inclusion and exclusion with a few friends which led me to share why exclusion hurts me personally the way it does. I have felt left out or not a part of most social situations. And this feeling stems from hurt in my childhood. I have to discovered the source of this pain and hurt feelings by being introspective. It is easy to be hurt or have reactive feelings towards situations, and just let them hurt us. I believe it is important to pause when we feel that and ask the Lord to reveal to us the source of the emotion. If you…
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Book Review: God Met Me Here
I had the privilege to pre-read a wonderful book this past month. It was a compilation of stories written by men and women of God who shared a common theme – God meeting them despite adverse circumstances. It was published by Kingdom Publishing and comes out this month (November 2019). (This article contains affiliate links) I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect other than stories of God moving in big ways in a variety of people’s lives. I love books like this that point us back to God and how He can be trusted to meet us where we are. God comes to us no matter if we are stuck…
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Living ALL-IN for Others
Living with a deep and rich commitment to God means that we express that by being deeply and richly committed to his people! It means valuing what (and to whom) we commit to. We live in a day in age where we are encouraged to 'do you' and invest mercilessly in self-care. But where is the push to be devoted to one another?
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Love Big: Infant Loss
I asked Ember's mom to share her journey and some practical ways the Church can love a family who has experienced loss. Here is their story...
