Category: Free Grace Women
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Finding Joy In The Pandemic
A couple of years ago we loaded up our 3-year-old and 15-month old into our homemade camper van. Do not picture the trendy kind of van you can stand up in and cook breakfast barefoot while admiring a mountain top view. Picture the type of van parents warn their children not to go to for…
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Valentine’s Day Sucks
I received an unexpected sweet treat from an admirer last Valentine’s Day. A delightful half dozen previously enjoyed donut holes upchucked all over my lap by my adoring almost 2-year-old son. Not an ideal way to start a day meant to be full of romance and affection. Although, I suppose this is ultimately where romance…
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The Hard Way is The Better Way
I previously shared about Handling Confrontation With A Sister In Christ. Now I’d like to share my personal experience. A few years ago, after a ladies Bible study meeting, I sent out a group text to the older/leader women on my thoughts of how the evening had gone. I urged a couple of them to…
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A New Leaf For The New Year
I had a steaming cup of coffee warming my hands while I sat and watched little fat squirrels chasing each other through the canopy of trees in our backyard. Almost all of the leaves had dropped creating a thick layer over the grass. The sun had not been up long enough to melt the delicate…
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Infertile on Christmas
While continuing in a long season of infertility and loss, I decided I would read the gospel of Luke last December leading up to Christmas. The first chapter started with not one, but two miraculous pregnancies that were promised by God to Mary (Jesus) and Elizabeth (John the Baptist). Simultaneously, I happened to be reading…
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Suicide Is My Story, Assurance Is My Song
We had been married for about eight years and finally settled into that comfortable rhythm that only experienced couples can manage. It was Easter Sunday. After church, we had lunch at his parent’s house before heading home for family nap time. The warm April sun was flowing through the double glass of the back porch…
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God’s Glorious Wrath
I recently took my kids on an epic nine-day, 3100-mile road trip out West across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. I am what you would call the “outdoorsy type,” and I am admittedly fascinated with the beauty found in Creation around us. I often marvel at how stunning it is, even though it’s in…
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Will My Children Keep The Faith?
A young friend on FB explored the question of why Millennials are leaving the Faith. Perhaps we should ask what makes young adults choose to keep the Faith in which they were raised.
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Your Bible: Defeat the Dust – Part II
Part 2 of a 2 Part Series In Part One of this series, we covered how to get our minds right – five attributes of the mind-set we need to help us understand the Bible, and therefore, defeat the dust that sets up shop when we avoid opening God’s word. Now that we have our…
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Your Bible: Defeat the Dust – Part I
Part 1 of a 2 Part Series Does your Bible have a layer of dust that menacingly stares you down every time you walk past it? Do the dust bunnies have teeth and taunt you when you think of reading it? You just might be in that small percentage of the population who suffer from…
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