On Toleration & Celebration
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
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 …
a very good place to start
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 …
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HOWDY STRANGER!!! Hope you are well. I was thinking about you this morning and deeply missing the good ol’ days when I got to use my words for CREATING and CONNECTING instead of GRADING and …
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Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33
As we continue to unpack what it means to be deeply rooted in relationship …
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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 …
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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 …
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Remember that late 60’s hit from The Byrds, Turn, Turn, Turn?
“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven…”
We usually think of that song as an …
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So last night, we were going through our nightly bedtime rituals when, much to our surprise and annoyance, our smoke detectors all started going off. A quick, adrenaline-packed race through the house proved that no fire …
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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 …
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