Author: admin
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A Tribute to My Midwife: The Life and Legacy of Teresa Steen
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“A woman never stops needing mothering on the journey to becoming whole and holy. This gift of mothering is the sacred, and often hidden work, of earthly saints. My mother was among these saints, and perhaps the most loved. For she not only mothered, she held sacred space for the…
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Practicing Confession
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I believe part of the answer is that we are often deceived into concealing our sin. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fear, and ultimately pride, leads us to hang onto our self-perceived image. We want to be seen as having it all together, as respectable, dignified people. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To confess that we…
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When Change is Hard
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Going through change can be hard, but we must be careful not to skips step to make those changes. “to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,…
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For Your Heart, Right Now
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I’m making this issue of my newsletter public, as I pray it will serve any who read it. If you want to subscribe, scroll to the end of this article. You’ll receive a link and password to access back issues. What an interesting week it’s been. I woke up Saturday…
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Exercising Self-Control on Social Media
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I wonder how often you’ve experienced a strong emotion rise up in you, compelling you to speak out about something you’ve just heard or read? Something has been said (or written) that just gets to us, and we feel that we must say something about it. Now. Yes, something wrong…
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Can Discipleship Extend Beyond the Local Church?
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Have you struggled to know the place that books, podcasts, conferences, online courses, blogs, and other online resources should have in your life? Sometimes it can feel confusing as to how much influence we should allow in our lives from outside of our local church. And so, it’s easy to…
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Book Stack!
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Finally, a book stack from what I read last year. These were amongst my favorites (I’m still working on The Body Keeps the Score). I tend to buy non-fiction, and borrow fiction from the library. I hit a sad slump when I picked up a few fiction books from the…
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Rest for Your Soul
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Is your soul in need of rest but you aren’t sure how to get to that place? I wonder if you made goals for 2020. We’re at the end of January, when the resistance of everyday life may cause us to start losing steam. Are you discouraged? Do you see…
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2019 Reflection: Themes I Observed
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The turn of the year came fairly quickly for me, without much reflection over the past year. I had a purposeful reset in August, so the need to clear out time and set goals for the new year didn’t make my priority list. I decided that December is my favorite…
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Why Should We Prioritize Reading?
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Have you noticed all the pictures of books on various Instagram posts over the past few weeks? I wonder how you respond to them–is it overwhelming, annoying, or do you take a screen shot so you can add them to your book list? I wonder if you’ve thought about why…