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What do I keep, where do I slow down, what do I stop?
It’s a new year. Maybe you are thinking about this new year, praying and brainstorming and dreaming about some aspect of your life. Me, too! Every year I put aside time to pray and brainstorm about what is ahead. There are a lot of things we can do. A lot of them are good...
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5 ways to show up for each other
I didn’t fit. I just didn’t. They all knew the Bible. They grew up in the church. Their families didn’t look like mine. And not only that, the weekend before I had made a huge mistake -- in front of everyone. This Christianity thing wasn’t for me,...
Going back into community and why that might feel hard
I drove across town to meet with a group of women -- something I hadn’t done in a year and a half. It felt new. It felt odd. It felt good. We talked. We prayed. We got to know each other. I left that meeting with a conformation of something I’ve...
When your heart is bummed out, burned out
I felt as if I couldn’t get enough rest. My mind was in overdrive pretty much all day and night. Things felt heavy. Yet as I looked at my own life I couldn’t put my finger on why. I’m an optimist. I was cancer free after a year of surgeries. My...
Will I ever be ready to dream again, post-pandemic?
God whispered that dream over your heart and you were ready, right then. Then that thing happened. A pandemic. An illness. An unexpected loss. That struggle in your closest relationship. So you ask God, “Lord, did I really hear you? Were you...
Is that a wall you’ve built or a healthy pause?
If you were to ask the people in my life way back when, they would have said I was a pretty good friend. They also would have said that I was surrounded by a lot of people, and some of those were close. Yet I know the real truth. While I loved the...
Hey friend, I hear you are deconstructing your faith
A growing number of you are sharing that you are deconstructing your faith. For some of you, that’s not where you are, but it’s where a loved one is and it feels scary because you fear they are abandoning their faith. I think this is worth talking...