Faithful 09.23—Double Blessings

There is a question that is invariably presented in every Bible study and small group I am part of. You may have been asked to consider this question too, if not in ...

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Walking in the Dark

I have gotten an entirely new perspective on our neighborhood since starting the routine of early-morning walks. The sun is still hours from rising when Arlo and I meander down our street ...

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Filled Up (September Verse—Psalm 96:1-4)

The average American spends 7 hours and 4 minutes looking at a screen each day. That number is up by about fifty minutes per day since 2013. 1 Americans currently average 6.8 ...

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An Assortment of Things I Learned in the Summer of ’23

Here’s something to ponder: where do you draw the line for the “end of summer”? Is it when school is back in session? Or when pumpkin spice shows up on the Starbucks ...

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Lately || August 2023

I have heard a lot of chatter this August about how it is one of the hardest and most stressful months, with chaos levels equalling that of May and December. I must ...

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Faithful 08.23—My Three-Word Testimony

If you have spent any amount of time in an evangelical church setting, you will be familiar with the practice of hearing and sharing one’s personal testimony: during a church service or ...

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T-E-N Years

In the last ten years I have. . . moved three times; celebrated five and then ten and then (almost) fifteen years of marriage; become a mother of one, and then (after ...

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Discerning Love (August Verse—Philippians 1:9-11)

Since before she could even string together a sentence, our Kali has been a girl of great enthusiasm. I know our daughter doesn’t have a corner on the market of childlike wonder, ...

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28 Perks of Life in 2023

I have dedicated a lot of brain space (and blogging words) to grieving the ways our world has changed in my lifetime. I hate the moral decline we are witnessing, the elevated ...

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Parents: We aren’t doing enough. (But that’s okay!)

I often wonder how far back the phenomenon of Mom Guilt extends. Like, did Eve go to bed each night wondering if she’d spent enough time playing with young Cain and Able ...

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