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Posted on October 23, 2022 Favorites

The Gift of Living Out of Context

We recently had the privilege of spending a week exploring England. It’s been a while since I took a whole week off! Rest is not... Read more

counting down, being still, laying
Posted on July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Faith Growing in Christ

Counting Down, Being Still, Laying Up

I’m a countdown kind of person. If I’m looking forward to something, I’m counting down the days. If I’m enjoying something, I’m counting down how... Read more

book review of Made like Martha
Posted on July 8, 2018June 29, 2018 Book Reviews Faith

God Made Martha

“What’s a Martha?” my husband asked when he saw the title of the book. “Martha from the Bible,” I replied, tapping the subtitle. He read... Read more

Posted on September 21, 2016April 8, 2017 Faith

Resting With A Yoke On

I’m one of those happy people who gets to work in my pajamas sometimes. My work, however, doesn’t involve sleeping. I have to be awake.... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2016April 8, 2017 Faith In ___ We Trust {Series}

In Peace We Trust

{The twelfth and final installment in the In ____We Trust Series} Each and every topic in this series has convicted me. They’ve all added up.... Read more

Posted on July 26, 2016April 8, 2017 Faith In ___ We Trust {Series} Word Studies

Word of the Week: Still

“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’” –Psalm 46:10 Busy, busy. Becky just wrote about our false trust in “doing” through busyness.... Read more

Posted on July 8, 2016April 8, 2017 Faith Loving Others

Do #LivesMatter to God?

Something breaks my heart extra as tragedy after tragedy arises. I wince over the propeller of much of the outrage being some agenda, not compassion.... Read more

Posted on November 17, 2015 Faith Growing in Christ

Saved From Self-Condemnation

Photo from: pixabay.com “This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:”... Read more

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