“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.” ~Isaiah 43:2 The first time I heard the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, our friend stood in the living room and…
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Encouragement For The Ones Who Think They’re Failing
I haven’t finished the laundry, and it’s not for a lack of trying. The piles keep piling, despite my best efforts to beat them into submission with a scoopful of Cheer. The refrigerator is appallingly empty. The cupboards lack a certain “fullness” my children have come to appreciate, along with the accompanying fullness of belly. We have clean clothes and…
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Garden State: A Lesson in Belonging
The four of us piled into the car, two adults in the front with a camera between us. Two kids in the back, with a bad attitude sitting between them. We drove exactly 2.9 miles to a new-to-us botanical garden. I drive by the entrance regularly, but have never turned into the parking lot, always telling myself, I’ll get to…
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Every Little Thing: A Book Review
Over the last few months, I’ve had a crisis of faith. Not the kind of crisis where I question the veracity of the Bible or the existence of God or the saving power of Jesus. The Gospel is as true to me as ever, to remove the foundation of it from my life would be akin to removing my very…
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On Leaving Well and the Courage to Stay
My husband left his job with the company that’s fed us and clothed us and provided everything we needed for the last seven years. He has a new job near the City, in a new to him industry, one that will bring all sorts of challenges for that big brain of his. But first, a shed. Between the old and…
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