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Take Off That Cape
Have you ever felt like there’s so much on your plate that you have little choice but to roll up your sleeves and get started pronto? Like, if you don’t shoot off that email right this moment or send that text off this exact second or douse that proverbial fire now, that life will fall apart?
I know I have.
Whether I ...
Loving the Ordinary…
It's the man's birthday today.
Since I wrote an "open letter" to the boy and the girl earlier, I figured it was the husband's turn - also I may have run out of gift ideas.
Here is an excerpt from the letter. When I stopped to think about it, we've been on a lot of adventures together. ...
Looking Afresh At An Old Story
Maybe you’ve played an angel or a shepherd, or, if you were one of the “chosen few,” you’ve pulled off a smiling Mary holding a swaddled doll. The Sunday School re-enactment of the Nativity is a part of every Christian kid’s growing rites.
Over the years, we’ve read – and re-read – the passages from the ...
Making Space – An Advent Devotional (YouVersion)
As the Christmas season begins, we usually find ourselves more stretched for time than the rest of the year. We get caught up in the frenzy – and forget to focus on what’s truly important. This devotional will help you clear the clutter so you can make more room for Christ this Christmas.
Join me with ...
Whatever You Do…
I walk into the bedroom and am greeted by an unmade bed. I’ve just returned from dropping the kids off at school, after giving them breakfast and packing the husband’s lunch dabba.
I take a deep breath, swallow my irritation and proceed to make the bed.
Inside my head, though, a monologue begins: “365 times. That’s how many ...
A Record, a Remembrance, a Reliving of His Faithfulness
“God, let my husband be the icing on the cake,” I wrote in my journal, circa 2005. It was an honest prayer of a single girl.
Admittedly, it was also a superbly odd prayer. One doesn’t regularly incorporate baking metaphors in prayer and one definitely doesn’t equate a potential spouse to frosting. Yet, those were my ...
Dear Fellow Moms, What Are We Trying to Prove by Doing it All?
I used to tune into Chopped on Food Network almost every evening. I loved the outlandish ingredients that were pulled out of the mystery basket (Durian and sheep’s hooves, anyone?) and the chefs with their unbelievable knife skills and risotto-making superpowers.
In particular, I remember one episode, not for its culinary wonders or drama, bur for a snippet ...
A “Little” Insight Into ‘Indescribable’
A few years ago, I was super amped to go to a Chris Tomlin concert with my family. After an energetic rendition of “God’s Great Dance Floor,” there was a short talk by Louie Giglio. I didn’t know who he was at that time, but I remember he spoke about the stars and galaxies and ...
Why It’s Not Enough To Be Brutally Honest Before God
“Confide in God. Share your deepest anxieties with Him.”
I’ve heard similar sentiments throughout my faith life. And I completely subscribe to the idea that I don’t need to pretty things up before coming to Him.
Many, many times, I’ve approached God a blubbering, snotty mess, barely able to form coherent sentences. I rest in the fact ...
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