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Grace Teaching Me: When Christmas and a Catastrophe Collide
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Sunday, December 22, 2013. When Christmas and a Catastrophe Collide. A gun went off at a local high school last week. Lives were lost, responders and press flooded the area, fighting for space among the parents and pastors frantically searching for their children. It has been only eight days, days that have moved at the pace of frozen mud. Whatever your heart's pain , Christmas is this week for all of us. What do you do with that? I don't have some great wisdom...
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Adored: The Stretch of a Lifetime.
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Speaking to Teenage Girls about the God that Adores them. Thursday, November 14, 2013. The Stretch of a Lifetime. Last night at youth group, my hot husband spoke about the sick woman who reached out and touched Jesus' cloak and was healed. This immediately took me back to 7th grade. Not exactly a time in my life I love to re-live. Why, you ask? I am sweating from the memories. But that has nothing to do with this Bible story. Sorry 'bout that. It burned. So bad. And I wasn't good at it. But Jesus was in ...
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Grace Teaching Me: The Woman Named Resilient.
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Thursday, October 2, 2014. The Woman Named Resilient. She was one of those women that owned the land that her next steps would fall on. She didn't have a timid bone in her being. She kept things simple. She knew her Maker. Knew what she didn't like, and what she did. She was, she is. I actually don't really know her all that well. I doubt I will ever occupy a cafe's corner with her again. But I do know that I 'll never forget her fresh challenge to me. But I si...
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Grace Teaching Me: A Season Ending
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Monday, March 10, 2014. It's painful to be lacking that. I leaned over to my sweet husband and respectfully told him that I loved this church and if he ever made me leave I would hate him. Forever. And ever. Matt was the junior high intern 2 weeks later. My work schedule immediately was finagled to fit between youth group, church, and trips. We have seen God's powerful hand at work, felt his presence, and trusted his love. Saturday we sold our house. For those ...
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Grace Teaching Me: Courage Enough. (How to Journey On After Loss and Change)
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Monday, July 7, 2014. Courage Enough. (How to Journey On After Loss and Change). About a week ago, my husband and I moved our family back to Iowa City. The city we left seven years ago for Colorado. The city where we first flirted, fell in love, tried to hold off our first kiss way. Too long, became husband and wife, and began ministry. The rain comes most days here, and I have been gone just. Although it was her home, pagan Moab had left Ruth empty. And li...
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Grace Teaching Me: A Year Later: The Greatest Graces
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Friday, April 3, 2015. A Year Later: The Greatest Graces. A year has come and gone, already. A year ago, I regularly claimed a corner of a bakery just south of Denver, I claimed it and marked it with my tears. A bit animal like, now that I think of it. I'm sure I made the employees plenty awkward each time, me causing a scene, unaware of anyone around. Which also kinda makes me laugh now. One year later, it's nice to smile to myself a bit about that. What if my...
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Grace Teaching Me: Sojourners of Christmas Grace
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Wednesday, December 24, 2014. Sojourners of Christmas Grace. However, this December, I approach Christmas lacking any sense of arrival. I don't mean that to sound negative, in fact, I feel quite freed by this realization. And there is no bow of sorts that could sufficiently tie up this past year for us. However, I could write a novel of the graces of God I have experienced since last Christmas, chapters upon chapters, but. Loss, and changes. Where Matt got a jo...
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Grace Teaching Me: Joyfully Limping Forward: Being Thankful for the Hurts in Life
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Blogging through Life-One Lesson at a Time. Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Joyfully Limping Forward: Being Thankful for the Hurts in Life. Usually, I love bedtime. I love the routine of getting comfortable, pulling down clean cool sheets, and crawling in, ready to complete another day and recharge for what's next. Is there anything better than a solid night's sleep? Where you fall asleep instantly, no baby's cries or husband's snores wake you, and you arise to the sunlight beaming through the window. The stor...
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Adored: To the Weary Teenagers Looking for Hope---At Arapahoe and Beyond
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Speaking to Teenage Girls about the God that Adores them. Sunday, December 22, 2013. To the Weary Teenagers Looking for Hope- -At Arapahoe and Beyond. A gun went off at a local high school last week. Lives were lost, responders and press flooded the area, fighting for space among the parents and pastors frantically searching for their children. It has been only eight days, days that have moved at the pace of frozen mud. Whatever your heart's pain , Christmas is this week for all of us. I don't have some ...
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