Posts By: Christine

BREATH MY ONLY BOUNDARY

By Posted in - general & poetry & published & Uncategorized & writing on February 12th, 2021 0 Comments

HI Y’ALL! I appreciate all your sweet messages and thanks for checking on me. In answer to the two questions I get asked most: YES I am still writing and YES I am still in …

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On Shame and Healing

By Posted in - books & community & counseling & courage & encouragement & general & grief & ministry & scripture & talks on August 6th, 2020 0 Comments

How does hiding ignite shame? How does honesty invite healing?

I recently explored these questions with my friend Shannon as part of our Summer Book Club on Jesus Over Everything by Lisa …

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On Sin and Hiding

By Posted in - books & courage & encouragement & general & random & review & scripture & talks & Uncategorized on July 31st, 2020 0 Comments

How does hiding enable sin in our lives? How does honesty eradicate it? How does telling the truth invite light into our darkest corners?

I recently explored these questions with my friend Shannon as part of …

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On Truth and Purpose

By Posted in - books & courage & encouragement & favorites & general & ministry & review & scripture & talks & Uncategorized on July 22nd, 2020 2 Comments

How do we walk in truth and live with purpose? Our answers to these important questions shape our values, priorities, and even our eternity.

If you have been following me on Instagram, you know that my …

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On Toleration & Celebration

By Posted in - encouragement & general & scripture on April 23rd, 2020 1 Comments

I believe God loves me but often struggle with the idea that he LIKES me.

I trust fully in Jesus and am thankful to receive his forgiveness, but I sometimes catch myself slinking around in the …

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WAIT

By Posted in - encouragement & grief & poetry & published & writing on April 10th, 2020 3 Comments

a poem about suffering and what it means to

W A I T

what I wouldn’t give
to rise
from this window seat of longing
and brave my way into the gray
and through the gray
to part
the veil that obscures life …

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How My Fear Became Faith

By Posted in - courage & published & Uncategorized & writing on March 15th, 2020 3 Comments

Fear was my father’s favorite game and one I learned to play at four years old.

With gleaming green eyes and a wicked sense of humor, my father was a force. His family had always been …

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On Courage & Community

By Posted in - published on February 20th, 2020 2 Comments

In case you missed the big announcement in my last post, I recently had an article published in Fathom Magazine in which I share how I learned the importance of developing close community and how …

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I Owe You an Apology

By Posted in - general & published & random & Uncategorized & writing on January 30th, 2020 3 Comments

Actually, I owe you two. Shall we begin?

(1) Please forgive me for being MIA for the past few several months. As you might remember, I am currently working on getting my master’s and, as it …

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deep earthy honey-soaked butterscotchy royal autumn gold

By Posted in - dogs & favorites & general & random & Uncategorized on October 14th, 2018 2 Comments

Gold is my favorite color. And before all you ladies say AMEN, I don’t mean jewelry-gold (although that is quite nice and I am certainly not opposed to it). I also don’t mean sunshine or …

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