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Recent Posts
- for now, over coffee
- church isn’t a class you go to
- the places doors take us
- though I oft left Thee
- I love teaching children
- Buckets that leak
- Who is the Holy Spirit?
- Are you walking at a distance from God?
- no matter when or where you’ve lived
- Why do we respond to beauty like we do?
- self-hate, or what God says about you
- if you haven’t read it…
- Depression: an embarrassment to be hidden, or a door for grace to enter through?
- when I need an attitude check
- Were you hired at the eleventh hour?
Top Posts & Pages
- for now, over coffee
- A royal diadem in the hand of God?
- trampled the waves of the sea
- Lean hard.
- twisted and stuck, or held and comforted?
- helping generations you might never see
- passing through walls like rocks pass through water
- knowledge too heavy
- the teaching of kindness is on her tongue
- little starfish smiles
Tag Archives: God’s word
your first waking moments
What do you do with your first waking moments? Some days we don’t have a choice — a crying toddler stands at our bedside with urgent needs, or we wake to a nurse making her early morning rounds. But, what … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged first waking moments, God's word, Light for the Day, sanctification, scripture reading, social media, wonder, worship
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skydivers, haircuts and truth-infusion
When our children were very young, God moved us to a new city and placed us in a church body where He provided a weekly diet of truth. From the pulpit and from the women’s Bible studies, He provided truth … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jesus
Tagged Bible study, bondage, error, falsehood, fellowship, freedom, God's word, Jesus is the light of the world, John Piper, liberation, scripture, Sunday School, truth
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Fragility
Some days I wake feeling courageous — I’m sure of God’s love for me and thrilled that I get to live a day given for others. But then the events of the day begin to chip away at my exuberance. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged courage, discouragement, fragile, God's word, John Piper, reading the Bible, scripture reading, wake up discouraged, wake up sad, weakness
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A mother’s wings
Someone once called me “one of those sheltering moms.” It was years ago when my ears heard her phrase, and my mind worked through her meaning, and my heart wrestled through her phrase’s implications. My children were young, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, God
Tagged children, criticism, God the Father, God's word, mothering, Mothers Day, parenting, Prayer, Psalm 36:7, Psalm 57:1, Psalm 63:7, scripture, women
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Familiar with every line
“It would be well if professing Christians in modern days studied the four gospels more than they do. No doubt all scripture is profitable. It is not wise to exalt one part of the Bible at the expense of another. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Tagged Bible study, God's word, J.C. Ryle, Jesus Christ's supremacy, scripture, the gospels
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Anchored. Or drifting.
He sat, excited as could be, drawing his vision of a tropical beach and sky and palm trees. Make-A-Wish Foundation had asked for a picture of his dream-trip destination for their files, and we’d (his parents and sisters) been told … Continue reading
He first knew me
It was 25 years ago that I first read Knowing God. For months that year, I was part of an early-morning group of twenty-somethings who met to discuss the book’s next chapter, led by an older, wiser man who’d expound on J.I. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 2:15, Bible study, engraved, engraved on the palms of His hands, God knows me, God's word, J.I. Packer, knowing God, steadfast love
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Even More Beautiful 