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How To Be During A Transition
Don't be pushed by fear, the dirt piling up at your feet as you struggle against it. Be led by love in the gentle embrace of the holy spirit.
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10 Best Books of 2022
If you don’t like reading about other peoples’ reading lives here’s your chance to jump ship. Let me quickly break down the stats for you, and then we’ll get to the 10 best books I read in 2022. I read 47 books this year, and I only quit one. My books read list is split almost exactly in half with 25 fiction and 22 nonfiction, and 8 of those fiction books came from the library. Last year I read about 20 more books, but our family did have two major life events occur in 2022. We moved back to our hometown in June, and we had a baby in July…
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Are the Mothers Lonely?: On Grief at Christmastime
Their absence settles in the room like the aroma of yeasty rolls and savory ham waiting to be carved. Like Mary, we carry Immanuel with us. We may not physically carry him bouncing on our hip, but Jesus is no less with us.
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Finding A Wilderness of Purpose with John the Baptist
He was just as human as we are; prone to question before we trust. Let’s face it, if God called me to live in the desert wilderness eating bugs and wearing scratchy clothes, I might have some doubts too.
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Needing Jesus More Than Me-Time: How Self-Care Still Leaves Us Wanting
The self-care industry makes a killing on moms. We’re a group of women asked consistently to go above and beyond the call of duty for our kids, spouses, families, and homes. Not to mention, working moms who also manage to prioritize their work. There’s a reason the jokes about moms being eternally exhausted are funny and sad at the same time. It’s because they’re true. Moms are tired. This is not to say our spouses don’t work just as hard to carry an equal share of the load, but when it comes to running a household and raising a family a lot of the mental load naturally falls on our…
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What Our Kids Learn From Us Being In the World
I’ll admit I lived in ignorant bliss the nine months prior to the COVID lockdown. When I first learned about the seriousness of the virus upon returning home from the hospital, it felt like I had just climbed out of bomb shelter after 10 years underground only to find more danger.
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Learning to Let Go: A Potty-Training Tale
By the end of the first week, I felt defeated by this now useless Mickey Mouse toddler potty that taunted me each time I used the restroom.