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The Significance of Small
Inside our garage there’s a large section of a fence along the wall, looming over my car when I climb out. It’s a trial run of a much larger project that my husband hopes to start this spring when the...
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Giving In or Getting Up Again?
I’ve always admired people who never give in. You know, the ones who don’t consider defeat when they blow it? I wish I were that brave. Honestly, I tend to beat myself up a little when I fall short of...
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Dear Me
Dear me, I’m proud of you. Maybe that’s how I should begin this, because there are other days, other years, when this letter would have started off much differently. All you want right now is to be...
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Believing in Purity When You Don’t Feel Pure
There she stood. Her skirt was a little too short. Her heels were a little too high. Her composure a little too confident. Before the door could close behind her, she struck a match, and lit a flame...
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The Importance of Knowing Your Credentials
About 15 years ago I earned a suffix. A comma rests between my last name and the letters “APR” in my professional signature. APR stands for “Accredited in Public Relations.” The process of achieving...
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Childlike
She toddled into the room with a plan, antique hand mirror, and brush in hand. This two-year-old had work to do. She couldn’t quite climb atop the bed to join us, though; it was just too tall for her...
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Stop Thinking There’s Something Wrong with You
Growing up in a small town, I attended 13 years of school with the same kids. The children who shared crayons and blocks with me in Kindergarten became the angst-ridden teens who hurled insults and...
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{The Courage to Leave a Legacy} Week 1: Launch and Legacy
Our words matter, yeah? So how can we use them to leave a legacy? Scripture calls us to share what God has done in our lives with the next generation, to tell the stories of God’s mighty acts (Psalm...
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The Principle of Good Enough
Before I tell you a story, you need to know something about me. I’m a Type-A people-pleaser with perfectionist tendencies. I have struggled with what I call “competency addiction.” That means I have...
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Your Destiny Is Not to Be in Pain
She asks the same question over and over and over again. She’s been asking since she was five. “If God is good, why did He let evil into the world? Why did He create Satan?” We have listened to her...
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How Embracing What We Know and What We Don’t Know Brings Empathy
A haunting and beautiful paradox spanning humanity is that we are all, at our core, the same, yet we are all uniquely our own beings. We may wear our emotions differently, but fear, pain, anger,...
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Green Is Not My Color
There’s something about comparison and envy that rises up in me more often than I’d care to admit. For the most part, I just do my thing. But sometimes, what’s happening in the life of another catches...
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An Extraordinary Purpose
I often hear the word “wrong” to describe my child. “What’s wrong with her skin?” “What’s wrong with her face?” Or, simply, “What’s wrong with her?” My daughter Brenna was born three years ago and...
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When Our Hearts Are Held Hostage by Hustle
I looked at the clock the other day and wondered where the day had gone. It felt like I’d gotten nothing accomplished and yet — the hours had zipped by. I realized that when I’m not the boss of my...
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When You Wonder If God Really Loves You
Aria Hope is the first girl in a line of seven grandchildren. Opa sets her tenderly in his lap, exclaims over her bubbles, over her tiny, three-month-old fingers and her gaping smiles. She’s got a...
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Who Will You Be When You Grow Up?
Have you met the lady in your mirror yet? If you haven’t, introduce yourself to her. Get to know her. I think you’ll really like her. My Grandma had an old mirror with beveled edges and intricate...
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You Are Enough
I am not patient enough. I am not smart enough. I am not strong enough. The enough trap. This trap is an ugly, painful cycle that can easily ensnare us. In a world that keeps telling us there is...
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To the Woman Who Feels She’s Not Enough
To the woman who feels she’s not enough: You come across confident. Your words, your actions, the way you present yourself, all seem to be carried with a quintessential poise. I know I’m just a girl...
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“Fervent” Strategy 3: Your Identity
A Quick Note: Hi there, dear friends! We know that some of you have noticed that our March posts have been arriving in your inboxes a little differently this month, and we wanted to let you know that...
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Your Worth Is Beyond Measure
I click on the World Meters page and watch the numbers rise and fall before my eyes. Over 7 billion people on the planet. 119,439 births and 83,458 deaths so far today. Woah. And there’s only One who...
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