The Jesus Gypsy

Tag: healing

  • no laughing matter (although it IS pretty funny now)

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    I thought I would re-share this little gem in honor of the 5th anniversary of this debacle. It is a crowd favorite and has even been picked up for publication a number of times. Now, with so many years separating us from the actual event, I can’t help but crack up at it all (except…

  • a very good place to start

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    Before I repost some of my other favorite pieces, it makes sense to first retell the story of how this journey as The Jesus Gypsy began. It is, quite frankly, my very favorite story to tell anyway (I am a sucker for good love and redemption stories, and this one is both.) 😉 Plus, I believe that when we…

  • on Willie Nelson, Puppy Dogs, and the Holy Spirit

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    I am essentially an expert emotional escape artist. I am also a professional performer. “PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN,” my life has shouted through the years. We moved around like gypsies growing up (I am currently living in my 38th house and have just turned 39.) Such a tumultuous upbringing meant…

  • get up and get busy

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    Sometimes, when I look out on that great big world of ours and I see all the sickness and suffering, I just want to curl up in fetal position and rock in the corner until the trumpet sounds and Jesus comes on back to get me. If you read my post, An Army of Fireflies, you’ve already had…

  • the what

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    For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast… Ephesians 2:8-9 As we explore being rooted in relationship with God, we have been working through the basic beliefs of Christianity; the Who/What/When/Where/How/Why of…

  • the who

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    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 be rooted in the truth of who God is through a personal relationship with him in order to grow spiritually and flourish. That…

  • good friday

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    Good Friday Who am I, that you’d suffer and die That your innocent blood would let So that I’d be redeemed and now be free To be the person I am not yet The nails that pierced your hands and feet Were my sins you chose to bear Beaten and bruised on my behalf With…

  • an onion, a flashlight, and a bar of soap

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      Jesus is not who you think He is. But if it is any consolation, He isn’t who I thought He was, either. The more I read about him in scripture, the more I sit and talk with him in the morning over coffee, the more I cry out to him in the middle of…

  • a song worth seeing

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    As I mentioned in my last post, I was recently asked to review and blog about a movie that will be coming out September 26th called The Song.  This whole “reviewing things” is a niche I accidentally stumbled into after getting to guest blog with Jen Hatmaker and review her re-release of Interrupted in a little…

  • fall

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    I wait all year long for that morning; when the world somehow shifts outside my window, and overnight, a brand new world blows in.  Some people’s favorite day is Christmas, or their birthday, or some more remarkable calendar or card-worthy day.  But my favorite day of the year is the day that I open my…