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when water stops flowing in
Sometimes I get carried away with thinking I’m independent. I own my own house; I have a grown-up job; I go on solo vacations; I see movies alone. Then the 67-year-old pipes in my own house spring a...
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home
There are many kinds of home, different places we belong, that belong to us. I lived in Oxford for only three months, but it is one of my homes. I belong there. Oxford belongs to who I was and am. It...
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lighting the candle
Each week during Advent, my church (like probably many of yours) invites a family up to tell about that week’s Advent candle, read a passage from Scripture, pray, and light the candle. This week they...
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beyond what I can do
Recently while talking about my job, a friend said something about the gravity of it—handling the Word of God, editing the words of teachers who influence millions around the globe. The gravity, the...
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ministry
This weekend we celebrated the retirement of one of our event team members who keeps everyone safe on the road. He stood at the center of everyone’s attention (a place he hates) and said, “This is a...
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Christian Women and Social Media: Living Your Faith Online
Social media and the internet in general can have a pretty negative connotation these days. Broadcasting our lives online and having access to so much information often fuels issues with identity,...
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God is faithful.
I’ve seen the pictures and posts on social media. I’m sure you have, too. Engagement photos, birth announcements, job promotions, new homes, wedding pictures. Then, right there in the caption of the...
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overwhelm with hope
I’ve been spending time in my notes from a counseling class recently for a freelance project and I was stopped in my tracks by this quickly scrawled sentence. Y’all. This is the goal. This is the...
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East of Eden
“No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.” -Lee • Finished East of Eden by John Steinbeck today, another book scratched off my...
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Hope in the Midst of Lament | Post for LifeWay Women
Photo by Olya /Voloshka on Unsplash It doesn’t take a lot of searching these days to find lament. Rightly so, because we hear constantly of God’s image bearers being mistreated, killed, wounded, and...
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