Saying Goodbye to Self (March Verse—Philippians 2:1-4)

You *might* have noticed that the current state of affairs in the American Church is. . . not so great (#understatement). I am blessed to be somewhat shielded from the all the ...

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Faithful 03.23—The Big Reveal

When our family moved to Texas from southern California in 2016, we knew we were part of the mass exodus of native Californians taking up residence in the Lone Star State. What ...

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What I Learned This Winter About Decisions, Transitions, Restraint, and the Soul (Plus an amazing copyright discovery!)

Today is a big day for me, my 39th birthday—which puts me just 366 days (thanks Leap Year) away from being “over the hill.” Sure, forty is the new thirty, and age ...

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Lately + February 2023

If you’ve ever wondered how to make the shortest month of the year stretch on interminably, here is my formula: introduce a series of illnesses to the family that passes slowly from ...

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Boredom or Bust!

One of the great joys of my spiritual life since moving to Texas in 2016 has been my participation in a weekly women’s Bible study at a large church (not our home ...

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Redeemer, God of Truth (February Verse—Psalm 31:1-5)

Memorizing my monthly verses along with Charleston this year (something I shared about in this post) has been such a blessing. This spiritual practice of Scripture memory has always been deeply impactful ...

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What a Friend We Have In Jesus

I read Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly at the start of 2022. I was blown away, and no other nonfiction book I read in 2022 surpassed it as a favorite for the ...

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Ten Lovely Things Saving My Life This Winter

Over the past year, Charleston and I have logged many math-lesson hours studying the ins and outs of how to study and use a calendar; hence, our recent discussion on the subject ...

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Lately + January 2023

It’s taken me longer than usual to break through the fog that settled over me at the tail end of 2022. That sounds a lot more dramatic than it is; everything is ...

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Faithful: 01.23

Isn’t it remarkable how different we all are? I’m struck by this fact almost daily, and the more I look for these differences, the more I see. A while back, I was ...

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