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Join the 40 Days of Scripture Challenge!

The 40 Days of Scripture Challenge is kicking off on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 and will conclude on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023. This free 40-day challenge is an opportunity for you to kickstart a daily, diligent and disciplined study of God’s Word. Maybe you’ve always wanted to study the Bible, but haven’t known where […]

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10/26/23

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Memorizing Scripture Matters

Memorizing scripture has been a conviction of my heart from the Holy Spirit lately. I don’t know about you, but these last few days since the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas on the morning of October 7, 2023, my heart has been heavy. The stories of what is happening in Israel are nothing short […]

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We’re Made for Community

It makes me feel uncomfortable inside, but recently, when I find myself without anyone to talk to at a gathering (like after church or at a social event), I walk over and just join another group. It might seem silly, but for me, it’s always a little scary. Joining groups I haven’t been invited to […]

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Culture

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We Need to Know Scripture, So We Know When It’s Being Twisted

So this guy pulls out a Bible on a plane… It sounds like the start of a joke right? Except, it wasn’t a joke. In late September I headed out on an adventure from the mountains of far Northern California to the mountains of East Tennessee for a Christian women’s retreat for writers, podcasters and […]

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Prayer is a Way to Abide in Christ

There are many ways to abide in Christ. One of those ways is through consistent, intentional time spent in conversation with Him through prayer. Through prayer we see our own hearts transformed as we spend time praising, offering thanks, petitioning and repenting to God. Drowning in Dry Seasons Last Friday morning at the weekly women’s […]

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Resources for Prayer

The topic of prayer is deep and wide. There are so many different ways you can pray and ways you can integrate prayer into your daily life. The thing I have found to be most important is that I am intentional about praying. It’s not about checking it off my list, it’s about making sure […]

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What I’m Reading This Month: July

It might not be surprising that I love to read, I think most writers do. But… sometimes I forget just how much I enjoy reading. Like lots of people I can go from devouring books to letting them collect dust on my shelves, distracted by life (and of course binge watching TV series). One of […]

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There is a Season for Everything

“There is a season… and a time for every purpose under heaven.” I remember listening to the song Turn! Turn! Turn! as a young child, riding in the back of the car, my parents driving and reminiscing as the radio station played “the oldies” that were the soundtrack of their youth. What I didn’t know […]

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Three Christian Podcast Episodes to Listen To

I listen to quite a few podcasts every week. Some are great, some not so much. Just like with any media we consume, we have to be on guard to what we expose ourselves to. Remember, our hearts are easily swayed – even sometimes away from core beliefs. Finding content that pushes me closer to […]

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Book Recommendation: God’s Smuggler

Looking for a Christian book you won’t be able to put down? God’s Smuggler needs to be on your Amazon list right now! I read this book over the Memorial Day weekend and found myself totally engrossed in the true story of Brother Andrew, a Dutch missionary, who set out alone behind the Iron Curtain […]

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Nothing Fit for a King, But Our Praise

I’ve been trying to take a walk every day both for exercise and to focus my heart on The Lord. I’m having to walk earlier and earlier in the day as the temperature is finally reaching the “warm” zone and I find myself going back again and again to listen to the song “Gratitude” by […]

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Praying As God’s Beloved

Recently, the Lord has been “echoing” the importance and power of prayer to my heart; about praying as God’s “beloved.” I wouldn’t consider myself a “good prayer.” My prayers aren’t particularly eloquent. They’re often short and poorly worded. For this reason I have often been hesitant to pray aloud in front of others. Spontaneous prayer […]

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Personal

"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."

ROMANS 8: 14-16, ESV

“A quiet heart is content with what God gives.”

- ELISABETH ELLIOT