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What if the Great Commission isn’t so Great?
What if the Great Commission is equal in weight to resting in Jesus and loving my neighbor? Maybe our focus has been wrong for long time...
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From the Pit to the Rock
I’m a fiction writer by trade, and that means people can find me. They can also let me know when I have disappointed them, angered them, and let them down by writing something they don’t like. Honestly, sometimes I wish I lived way back in the day when female writers were given male pen names and hidden in the shadows.…
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Stillness, God’s 2024 Word for me
This year I chose Stillness as my word for the year, with Wisdom and Wonder as supplementary words. Here I discuss how I chose, what verses go with them, and how I hope to use these words in my daily life through 2024.
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Lament and the Longest Night
Right before Christmas, we in the northern hemisphere experience the longest night, and it's a good time to bring our laments to God, admitting our doubts and hurts and fears before we celebrate Jesus's arrival.
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The Sanctuary of Psalm 114
When Psalm 114 speaks of Israel as a sanctuary, maybe it's speaking of me and the church as sanctuaries, as well. What does that look like?
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Buying Lamp Oil
A parable about ten virgins and lamp oil helped me think through my writing and straighten out my priorities.
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From Dry, Dormant Seeds..
As I pray for lost loved ones, God reminds me that he is working on the seeds of their faith, even dry, dormant seeds that seem to have no life in them.
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Sometimes the Cross is Real…
A short, simple pondering of the pain of reading about Jesus's crucifixion now that I know Him better.
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How do you Feel?
When asked How Do You Feel? I had no idea. I had dropped my emotional life down to two options: I'm feeling anxious OR I'm not feeling anxious. I needed to change that.
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The Power of the Pause
After finding a phone app called The One-Minute Pause by John Eldredge and the Wild at Heart Team, I pondered the wisdom of the pause and many ways to incorporate holy pauses into my daily rhythm.
