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Christmas Cookies & Holiday Hearts
I come from a family of singers. None of us are professionals, although my dad and my brother might have been able to make a living in front of a microphone, but we have the innate ability to connect almost any word or phrase to a song or make one up on the spot. Growing…
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Faith, Family, and Pajamas: Building A Legacy
Fifteen years ago, my husband and I were newlyweds, just a year into marriage, and still figuring out life together. Our world was turned upside down when we gained custody of my two youngest siblings. Suddenly, our cozy duo became a family of four. It was a whirlwind of emotions—joy, fear, uncertainty, and hope—all rolled…
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Christmas Mice
I have mice in my Christmas tree every year. Allow me to elaborate. My very first Christmas after college, I was newly married and my husband and I were newly installed as Associate Pastors at a rural church in North Texas settled in cotton farming country. As part of our pay, we were allowed to…
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An Arrow Not a Crown
Motherhood is not a crown on the brow, but an arrow in the chest. We wrestle with our will and our flesh as we raise up and let go. In this ongoing piercing, we endlessly require God’s presence. We mother best when we rely on Him most.
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Bereaved Mother’s Day
by MaKenzie V. Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and some women look forward to it with excitement, some with longing, and others with dread. Growing up, Mother’s Day was only ever a celebration in our home untouched by grief or sorrow. When I became a wife and a hopeful mother, I saw the…
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“Leaning into the Unknown”
by Davida Freeze “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now.” -Jesus, John 16:12 NLT If you are like me, you don’t naturally enjoy ambiguity or the lack of clarity. I don’t know many adults who do! But having the opportunity to live outside of our western…
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Altering Our Altitude
”Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.“ (Genesis 19:19 NIV) Lot refused to live at the right elevation. I’m still marinating in Genesis with my Upper Zoom…
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The Men of Advent: Wise Men (and Women) Still Worship
Matthew 2:7,9-12 (NLT) “7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared. … 9 After this interview, the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of…
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Men of Advent: A Little Herod In Each of Us
King Herod never made it to the manger. What held him back?
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The Men of Advent-The Shepherds
In the gospel of Luke 2:8-20 is the short account of the shepherds that God decided were the very first people he wanted to send a birth announcement to for His only Son and the Savior of the whole world. In reading this account, I feel like this is a really important event in the…
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