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For my Daughter: 7 Lessons I Pray you Take with You - True and Faithful

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31 Days of {re}building family. Grief & Healing. 31 Days Braving the Broken. For my Daughter: 7 Lessons I Pray you Take with You. Her favorite mantra: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” photo credit: Becka Echelberger. Much of parenting is a tug between release and rescue. I watched it unfold the other day in the ladies restroom. A mom went in with her preschooler who insisted she could do it by herself. I do it, came the persistent reply. Can I scan it to you? I’d writt...

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When The Wisest Thing To Do Is Nothing – Life in the Spacious Place

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Life in the Spacious Place. Speaking truth, sharing hope. November 22, 2016. November 24, 2016. When The Wisest Thing To Do Is Nothing. Sometimes doing nothing can be the wisest thing to do…. Unfortunately, it can also sometimes be the hardest thing to do. He is honest with God about this:. 8220;O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Genesis 15:2) God reassures him again that he will. 8220;Abram believed the Lord.”. Be the one to lead them to freedom, but this wa...

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Words of Joy: On holy ground

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Pause a while to ponder issues of life and faith through poetry and prose. Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Evidence of life was springing up all around. I breathed deep of scent and sight. My heart cheered by colour and lively vibrancy growing root beside me. And on reaching the entrance to our meeting room the atmosphere hung heady with incense. A holy cloud seemed to hover in the air, signalling mystery and invitation. Its message mingling with soft smoke-curls wafting out the window. Two years ago, I had bee...

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CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: In Memory of John Halliday Blackie

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Monday, July 13, 2015. In Memory of John Halliday Blackie. It is with greatest sorrow that I share the news that the day after we moved here to Cape Cod, my beloved Dad died suddenly, quickly, peacefully. We are crushed. Tim and I were so looking forward to this season of doing life with him and my mom. But even in the midst of the shock and the whirlwind of decisions and phone calls and planning is that ever-present peace that passes understanding. Please, my friends, pray for our family. You still priz...

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When God's timing doesn't sync with your clock ~ The Cheerio Trail

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When God’s timing doesn’t sync with your clock. When God’s timing doesn’t sync with your clock. Http:/ s3.amazonaws.com/cheeriotrail/Podcasts 2015 1/When Gods Timing Doesnt Sync.mp3. Podcast: Play in new window. I watched her post on her shiny new blog about being in between as the year came to a close. She went on to post, My Plan Has Ended. But with each passing week, her efforts to find a job and get started with real life seemed fruitless. She. Against the seeming silence. But it was hard. I know wha...

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CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: A Month Not Soon Forgotten . . .

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Friday, July 31, 2015. A Month Not Soon Forgotten . . . If you're a faithful friend around here, you'll know that I've been doing alot of musing recently about our long anticipated move to Cape Cod. And my Dad's sudden death. The following day. This is grief therapy in action. And you guys have been so overwhelmingly supportive and kind. This is true community in action. Your faithful prayers matter, your words of solace are like great big hugs. I feel heard. I feel cared for. Far too many boxes and tryi...

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CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: The Getting-the-House-Ready-to-Sell Whirlwind

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Friday, May 29, 2015. It's been some ride. The endless conversations, the whispered praying-without-ceasing, the confirmation in our hearts that YES, we always said we'd know when it was time to go and now it is. The straight out, exhausting non-stop nuts and bolts of our month long side-by-side work to get the house to its absolute Sunday best. Be sure to click on the gizmo on the bottom right to get the big picture! It's all been a real trip. In the best sense of the word. Really. He had a list, I had ...

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CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: The Sheer Joy of Kindred Spirit Companionship

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Sunday, June 7, 2015. The Sheer Joy of Kindred Spirit Companionship. Sometimes we've just gotta get out of our own heads, you know? The endless swirling of our own giant-sized thoughts, the wholehearted self-absorption of our own neediness, the tunnel visioned focus of what's on our own personal plate. No matter where our divergent pathways may lead in the unknown days ahead. THE TRANSITION JOURNEY AN UNEXPECTED SERIES. In Which This Is All So Very Bittersweet. Leaning in the Whirlwind. Thanks for your g...

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CREEKSIDE MINISTRIES: Choosing Light-Hearted Responses

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Friday, June 26, 2015. I think it's fair to say that most of us are not good wait-ers. We're oh-so-prone to impatience, tapping jittery fingers on jam-packed shopping carts as we cool our heels in understaffed checkout lines. We drum on padded steering wheels at red lights that seem unwilling to make that switch to green. Or bide our time in some kind of outer office holding tank listening for our name to be called as we perch in uncomfortable seats. We do like to be in control, don't we. Stress leads to...

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5-part Strategy for Christians questioning their Calling ~ The Cheerio Trail

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5-part Strategy for Christians questioning their Calling. 5-part Strategy for Christians questioning their Calling. Http:/ s3.amazonaws.com/cheeriotrail/Podcasts 2015 1/Christians Question Calling.mp3. Podcast: Play in new window. I’m beginning to think this was all a mistake, I told my husband. But now things were hard. Really hard. And when things are hard, the flesh screams,. This can’t be right. Sometimes I wrestle with my demons; Other times we just snuggle. Did God really say? And then he came back...