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Healing
A new year is here. Why is it we love this clear marker for a new start so much? Aside from the calendar, January 1st doesn’t have much to set it apart from December 31st or January 2nd. Same weather. Same basic number of hours and minutes and sunlight and darkness. Yet this day, more… Continue reading
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Mission Minded
How far back does my love of travel and missions go? I was about to say high school, but maybe it goes back even further. I am pretty sure my love of mission and adventure started with Eric B. Hare telling me stories via cassette tape. Maybe my love of telling stories has part of… Continue reading
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Support
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. My Facebook feed is flooded with stats and stories as well as resources. Keep in mind that not all abuse is physical. So many stories are of women (often from conservative Christian backgrounds) who spent years in an abusive relationship and couldn’t even have told you that it was… Continue reading
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Forgotten
Leah. The wife who wasn’t wanted. Who wasn’t loved. In fifth grade so far we’ve explored Isaac and Rebecca’s story, which led to Jacob and Esau. We talked about choices, and how it’s important to make big picture choices vs. momentary choices (like maybe trading a bowl of food for half your future inheritance wasn’t… Continue reading
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Insights
I don’t consider myself an overly excitable person. But you should have seen me squealing in the classroom the other morning in worship. People, one of my fifth graders had this epiphany and embraced this irony that never even crossed my mind until I was in my 30s. Late 30s, probably. I’m going to call… Continue reading
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