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The Truth About Wrapping Paper, Pretty Bows, and Heros
Missional neighboring is telling the middle parts of our stories while they’re still unfolding and we’re still growing. Holding the grace, hope, strength, wisdom God gives in open hands so it can spill over. Naming…
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Living the Good Life: How to Grow a Lifestyle of Gratitude and Generosity
The place to start living a life of gratefulness is every day, in the quiet, when you meet God. For me, I love early mornings, out on my deck when the day is brand new.…
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When You Can’t See How God’s Good Right Now
The things spinning and unraveling for you can derail you. Or they can teach you the nature of God. Your questions, your doubt, your anger—they can force distance between you and God. But if you…
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What Happened When I Replaced If Onlys with Timely Gratitude
I knew something had to change. And it didn’t look like it was going to be the external circumstance of my relationship status. I was going to be single for the foreseeable future.
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How to Make Your Self-Critical Voice Stop Bossing You Around
The critical voice in your head is brutal, insistent, loud. But it bossed you around for long enough. Quieted your voice. Kept your door closed and your relationships shallow.
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What Happened When I Adopted “Slow Start” Mornings
In my twenties and most of my thirties I used to rush my time with God like I rushed everything else in my life. Life to me used to be a list of boxes to…
