1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! 2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit…

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On Fridays I’m going to highlight some recent developments and share a few of the posts that touched me this week. A Deeper Story: Tales of Christ and Culture I’m over-the-moon that the founders of Deeper Story have invited me to join them as a story-teller. Their mission is exactly what I’m about: tell stories…

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January has been a very long month: bronchitis, a 19-day $2k repair of our van, colds shared by the entire family, stomach flu, snow days, sinus infection, more stomach flu. This is the kind of month that sends depression spiraling downward if you let it. But all I have to do is think back one…

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The One Word idea has really taken off this year. Ann Voskamp wrote about naming the year, and Alece at Grit and Glory has challenged everyone to choose and live a word this year. I have been thinking about this for a few weeks. At first, I was stuck in the past, thinking only of…

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This week’s Faith Jam at The Faith Barista is on our dreams for Christmas. At first, I wasn’t going to write anything because I don’t have any dreams for Christmas this year. We went through the motions for the kids two years ago. It was just 2 months after our oldest daughter had died, and…

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One week you wake up, crawl out of bed, pour a cup of coffee, enjoy it, and realize that you feel ok. You remember the follow-up you were supposed to do at work. Your grocery list is complete so you don’t have to run back five times for all the items you forgot. When the…

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