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Continue reading →: With a fixed gaze.There is a moment in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe– okay, okay,… so there are more accurately a lot of moments- where I see the Father through His good nature and the hope of our inheritance. Sitting in the quiet of my son’s still bedroom, void of all…
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Continue reading →: Sitting with an old friend.You know when you haven’t seen an old friend in what has felt like ages, and suddenly you have the chance to sit across the table from them and actually bring them up to present and pick up where you left off? The whole drive to that small corner table…
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Continue reading →: To the one who has been feeling the earth shift.I’ve been feeling like I just can’t keep up lately. Not the kind of can’t keep up where things just are sort’ve pushed back a little and eventually you’ll catch up and everything will be okay. I’ve been feeling a deep aching and grieving, because the things that I can’t…
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Continue reading →: Excuses for not walking closerA lot of people in the world say they don’t believe in Jesus and don’t love Christianity because of the christians they’ve known and I think its time they try another source. Because we are really actually more broken than I think we realize, and American Christianity can feel more…
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Continue reading →: at the foot of the broom bush / even if it’s crawlingFun fact: I love how detailed the Lord is to include specific trees through out the Bible. I tend to like my books full of the juicy deets. Make those sentences the length of three paragraphs, please. I want to read and be entering into what I’m reading. I want…
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Continue reading →: Beautiful things that look like hope.As I’ve been sitting here watching the pulsing line on my screen, the steady blink patiently awaiting me to find the words to say, I feel overwhelmed. With at least a month since my last post, it seems like I have so much to say, and at the same time,…
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Continue reading →: Wednesday, July 25,2012Something drew me to follow the crumbs back to the early days this morning, going back to my first blog I had written (or the last place I remember writing). The blog is on a completely different platform, and after stumbling my way through finding out how to look at…
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Continue reading →: Coming out of our shells.There are still so many moments I want to give it all up. Not in a suicidal way. Just the introverted turned extrovertish. Today, the small voice that tries to beckon me back into the quiet corners of the room attempted to lure me back to sleep, all the while…
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Continue reading →: So you need something to drinkIn December, I took a whole month of work off to rest and spend time with my family. I remember my friend messaging me a week into it, asking me how I was feeling, to which I responded that rest is hard. I had to rewire my brain to be…
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Continue reading →: Finding your people.Unpopular opinion: I think we undercut the importance of identifying our people. For a while, I felt guilty for building close friendships. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but let me explain a bit. I was under the impression that being a Christian in one body meant showing no favoritism.…
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Coming to you from good ole Northeast Ohio. Donny + I have been married for nine years, we have four kiddos- Allie, Luca, Leo, + Emmy Sue Promise. I’m a homeschool mom, photographer, author, women’s ministry director, + new podcast creator, just over here trying to get use to the sound of my voice.
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