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Embracing Change
As we move into the fall, nature reminds us that nothing stays the same. During certain seasons of life, this sentiment is a welcome relief, but at other times change can be challenging, bewildering, and even painful. At such times, we wish for things to remain the same, long for the “glory days”, and may…
Read MoreHow to Navigate Changing Seasons
September, and Autumn in general, is this great cultural shift into what feels like a new year. Pace changes after the summer, schedules become more predictable, and there’s lots of work to be done! For you, it may mark kids going to school, YOU going to school, a new job, a new home, a new…
Read MoreNo Border Between Us
The internet has connected me with people, music, movies, and pictures from around the world, and it’s connected us all in ways that has never been possible before. I have friend in South Korea, England, and India, and I can send them a message at any moment. And yet, it seems like people are still…
Read MoreTW: Life’s A Fight
My generation is many things. Passionate, principled (if we believe in principles at all), ready to buck societal norms to pursue justice, reconciliation, and healing. But are we resilient? Am I resilient? Is that even something we value? Strong enough for the fight Our society, by and large, has rejected hate speech, bullying, and being…
Read MoreI Am Overcome(r)
I love the word overcome because it can mean so many things: You can overcome your circumstances or be overcome with gratitude, love, joy. Or both. Usually both. John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” and this says so much about how we overcome our circumstances,…
Read MoreWounds of War
Lonely Season All around me, I see wounds of war. My closest friends, my peers, strangers even, sharing openly how they have been mentally harmed and the illnesses that they struggle with. Some people blame the fact that we all use phones and computers. Some blame the breakdown of community and isolation. These are certainly…
Read MoreLife in a Bubble
I love bubbles. Blowing bubbles, popping bubbles, and staying inside my bubble. I like hanging out with the same friends, eating the same foods, watching the same movies, and doing the same things I’ve always done, but that isn’t who I want to be. I’d rather be an adventurer, a risk-taker, an innovator and an…
Read MoreLove and my Calloused Hands
Love and other Dangerous Goods Love isn’t easy. Especially when you don’t feel like loving. I’ve heard it said that Love is not an emotion, it’s a choice, though. Sadly, it’s a choice that I have to actually make, sometimes in spite of emotions. Sometimes in spite of strong emotions: anger, fear, disgust, and sadness.…
Read MoreEasy & Fun
I wish that the fruit of the spirit was something like a personality test. Then I could figure out where I score highest and brag to everyone about how special I am. Plus, when I figured out what my weak points were, I could make excuses – this is just who I am, right? But…
Read MorePerfect is for Other People
Right now, my life verse is John 1:16, “Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given,” or in another translation, says “From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” In the scriptures, there was a first kind of grace given to Adam and Eve. Then another…
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