It’s spring, with all the violent fickle weather that comes with a changing season. We are thankful we were spared the violent storms that hit the south this weekend, but we did have our share of rain and wind. Despite the ups and downs, we were still able to enjoy some nice days and always,…

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This weeks’ Faith Jam topic is very broad — share something new you’re learning in your walk with Jesus. I immediately thought of “hesed.” Rather than write something new, I thought I’d share a story I wrote about hesed for Deeper Story last week. photo © 2006 Anil kumar | more info (via: Wylio)She propped…

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In the midst of a busy week and too many stories of brokenness and pain and loss, I still found many many gifts to count today. 204. Reconnecting with old friends 205. The unexpected encouragement heard at the memorial service 206. Examples of clinging to God’s faithfulness in the face of the ugliness of sin…

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A couple of weeks ago, I noticed many of the people I follow on Twitter talking about something called five-minute Friday. I discovered that Lisa-Jo, or The Gypsy Mama, hosts a writing theme every Friday in which you write for 5 minutes flat just for the love of the written word — no editing or…

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photo © 2010 Mike Hipp | more info (via: Wylio) Thursdays are usually FaithJam days around here. Bonnie, at the Faith Barista, hosts the Faith Jam and sends out a writing prompt for each week. This week’s is “joy.” Piece of cake, right? I mean, my blog name is “Joy in this Journey,” and my…

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