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Encouraging Women to Live Rooted in the Sacred

Thirsting for Rest Amid Stress

Thirsting for Rest Amid Stress

I’d barely tiptoed into dreamland before hearing a clamor down the hall. Rising in the moonlit shadows, I tend to…
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The Long Prayer of Motherhood

The Long Prayer of Motherhood

Raise your hand if you thought for sure 2020 would look normal again by now. Me too. In this season…
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Daughters of the Day

Daughters of the Day

Once upon a Saturday morning, the house chores held a conference and elected me their leader. While rushing through chores,…
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Valley of Blessing

Valley of Blessing

We looked like a normal family. On weekends. Every Friday night, my husband’s plane would land, and we’d cram all…
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The Ministry of Hard Things

The Ministry of Hard Things

As the sun whispers its rise in the window behind me, I lay in bed praying for strength to start…
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Surviving on a Diet of Prayer and Tears

Surviving on a Diet of Prayer and Tears

Slumping deep into his chair at a corner table for two, he ate waffle fries alone on a holiday evening….
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God Has No Grandchildren

God Has No Grandchildren

Exactly one minute ago, my eldest son was learning to drive — according to Mom-Time, that is. Now here we…
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What If…

What If…

What if… What if time served us rather than us serving it? What if the church were a judgement-free zone?…
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Honestly

Honestly

Ever feel like you’re living on a prayer? Like you’re listening to God, and feel certain you’re minding your yeses …
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Thank you, Jesus. 💗 . . . #goodfriday #thankyou Thank you, Jesus. 💗
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Anyone else feel like April snuck in through the b Anyone else feel like April snuck in through the back door while we were still greeting January in the foyer?
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Pretty sure I just said this about March exactly a day ago.
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Slow down, Time! What’s your rush?!
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Truth is, time doesn’t wait for us, but faithfully surrenders to the rhythmic path its Maker ordered it to trek.
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Friend, are you feeling like all the plans you had great hopes for back in January got caught in the undercurrent of Time’s fast pace?
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Guess what? It’s a fresh month, a fresh quarter, a fresh day full of new mercy & strength.
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I haven’t incorporated exercise as much this year as I’d like, so I’m setting some new exercise goals for April!
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What about you, friend? What new thing might you pick up, or pick back up, in April?
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We’ve got this! Move over January, April has a seat at the Change Table, too!
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Cheering you on, friend! On April 30th, what will we wish we had done this month? THAT, let’s get up & go do that! 💗🎉
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How easy it is to forget that our source is not fr How easy it is to forget that our source is not from within ourselves, nor from our hustle.
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True life & ministry & purpose is found only when we remain nestled in the Vine.
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“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)
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What are you working so hard to do in your own strength today, friend?
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Let’s lay our striving down, and reconnect to the Source of all we’ve ever really needed—Jesus.
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262 ounces of San Marzano tomatoes, 7 pounds of gr 262 ounces of San Marzano tomatoes, 7 pounds of ground beef, 3 bright bell peppers, 2 giant onions, so many garlic cloves, a bucketful of seasoning (ish), a handful of bay leaves, some mushrooms, and plenty of Pecorino Romano later...
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Spaghetti, anyone? 😊
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Future me will be so grateful as she puts on a pot of water for pasta, grabs sauce from the freezer, & gently warms this labor of homemade love on the stovetop.
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Do you do any freezer cooking? I’d love to know what’s stocked in your freezer. Feeling so uninspired in the kitchen lately; would love some fresh ideas! 💗
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Bon appetit! 😊
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