Posts Tagged with: grateful

on finish lines and next steps

By Posted in - courage & general & ministry & purpose on May 17th, 2021 3 Comments

Holy guacamole. I graduated from Seminary, y’all. And let me tell you something: It ain’t for sissies. It is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and also one of most enriching experiences I …

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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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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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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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victory celebration

By Posted in - general on November 1st, 2015 3 Comments

 

me on Baptism Sunday (except really Taylor in a VMA awarded music video)

I am a sucker for baptisms.  They get me every time.  I don’t know why I even bother to wear makeup …

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the who

By Posted in - scripture & talks & writing on June 14th, 2015 5 Comments

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”   John 14:6

In the last post, I stated that we must …

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thanks, but no thanks.

By Posted in - general on November 20th, 2014 2 Comments

Thanksgiving is such a time of temptation for me.  And it’s not just the food, y’all.

Let’s face it, our culture has done an excellent job creating approximately a bajillion distractions and things to stress and worry …

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40 days

By Posted in - general & talks on March 4th, 2014 2 Comments

Lent is still kind of new and confusing to me.  Every year when it arrives, I have to go google it and try to re-understand the history behind the custom so I can try to wrap my brain around it a …

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grateful

By Posted in - general on November 26th, 2013 5 Comments

I have so very much in my life to be thankful for.  It would take hours to list off all the ways God has blessed me; all those tangible little things I’ve been given to enjoy …

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