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Into Your Hand
As the new king and queen of pop culture, Kelse and Swift are continuously spotted holding hands, and the world can not stop talking about the way he holds the hand of the…
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Rocks in the Wilderness – How God Provides
They seemed lost, hopeless, and utterly desperate for help... looking thirstily around the desert, seeing nothing but dirt and rocks, yet God saw something else. He saw a way to show them that…
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Battling for Control of the Unknown
When we have these desperate attempts to control tomorrow's concerns, we often find ourselves stockpiling the wrong resources.
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From Messy to Meaningful
Despite all the sage advice from older women to appreciate the proverbial fingerprints on the windows, I don’t instinctively look at a mess, whether physical, emotional, or relational, and appreciate it. Instead I…
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Children Are Not An Outcome
Parenting is the grand tension of these two stories being written at the same time; mine which contains them, and theirs which contains me. However, what role I have in their story is…
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Marriage In The Middle
Sounds oversimplified, but for me, instead of constantly trying to get back to someplace that existed in another season of life, I sat in the place I am now, with the man who…
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She’s Ready
It feels too early to me, but it's always been like that. Seemingly too early for me and right on time for her. I have more things I want to do with her.…
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When Mom Isn’t the One to Help
In the Old Testament, Jonah found himself in a mess of trouble, weeds wrapped around him, waves washing over him. The waters were closing in on him, yet God was the one who…
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Give Them the Finger
"It's important for me to remember that the same God who gave Belshazzar the finger of justice is the same God who bent down into the dust and brought mercy to an adulterous…
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Unbound
I was hungover, broke, and stranded in an Arizona airport holding a cactus with Johnny Tuscon, as we girls called him, at my side. I was close to rock bottom. I had no…
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Sit in Mercy
Do I spend more time praying for my children's hearts to change or my own heart to soften and change? Do I mull over someone's actions and words longer and more intensely than…
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Out from the Shadows
I grew up under athletic shadows, under a dynasty of athletics. In fact, there was an award at my high school in Kalamazoo where nearly all of my uncles’, cousins’, and family members’…
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Inner Psycho
There are days when I wonder if anyone really knew me, or if they spent time in my head, would they think of me as a complete psycho? One day I jokingly confessed…
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Because Of, Not So That
Somewhere along the way in my Christian journey, I picked up a functional belief that I obeyed God and His word so that I would keep or earn His favor. So that He…
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Dry Eyes and a Restored Heart
Rev 7:17 “For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of living water, and He will wipe away every tear from…
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Protected: Changing Seasons Bring Beauty and Danger
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A Prayer for the 30004 Community
Dear Lord, We are tired. We are worn out. We feel so heavy under the weight of all the recent losses in our 30004 community. We have lost mothers, sisters, friends, coaches, fathers,…
