noticing and responding to God in our everyday life
A few weeks ago I tried something new. I headed up to our guest room with my laptop. I began writing there, free from distractions. The kids were asleep and the quiet was allowing the words inside me to have a voice. An hour or so later, Rob came up to bed. He stopped in […]
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In open fields of wild flowers. She breathes the air and flies away. She thanks her Jesus for the daisies and the roses. In no simple language. Someday she’ll understand the meaning of it all. I love these lyrics from Jars of Clay. It is my freedom song. My ‘connecting to something bigger than […]
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“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalms 46:10 When I’m still….my to do list fades When I’m still…..my worries subside. When I’m still….my breathing slows. What I’m still…..my vision clears. When I’m still….I remember- You are God. I am participating in Write 31 Days. Click right here to see all the amazing topics! I am writing […]
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“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” Eleanor Roosevelt. Today I am doing my one thing. Confessing a fear. And so it becomes not only the fear that scares me, but the confession of it as well. This is it- I shut down in certain situations. The circumstances vary, but they have one thing in […]
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Guess what? With today’s post we are halfway there! Those who receive this in your inbox, hold on, the volume of emails from me will soon slow down! So let’s get going! I want to start us off with some reflection questions. What does our fear say about our belief of who God is? When […]
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ―Plato When Rob was in seminary, his professor Dan Allender is from whom I first heard the concept of dignity and depravity. Dignity acknowledges we are created in the image […]
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A page is turning with our series. Thus far we have set the stage for defining fear and looking at the ways it shows up in our everyday life. As we approach the second half of the month we will focus on having a vision for freedom and practices that we can incorporate to fight […]
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Eight years and five days ago, we took off from Seattle, destination Guatemala. Eight years and four days ago, a baby with the biggest brown trusting eyes was placed in our arms. Eight years and three days ago, we stood at the Guatemalan Embassy, a final step of a long wait. Eight years and two […]
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“Let the morning bring word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you.” Psalm 143:8 When I have been in the middle of a storm. When loved ones are in the midst of pain or loss. When there have been decisions to make and I don’t know which way to turn. […]
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“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden I […]
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In August of 2005, Rob and I were visiting my parents in Minnesota. We were living in Seattle at the time and had been in the area the week prior for a church planters assessment. On a Sunday evening my dad went to play basketball at church as he typically did every Sunday. That night […]
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Dear Fear You whisper to me to quiet down, I am being too much. Then you tell me to speak up, that I will never be enough. You say I should be concerned with what others think. Then you have me questioning if they are trustworthy. You imply I must never get it wrong. And […]
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And this button if you would like to read last years:
