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Awake My Soul
I’m not a hipster. Not even close. I’m always consulting with my daughters to make sure what I’m wearing doesn’t look like I’m the stereotypical un-cool homeschooled kid on the first day of public...
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Life and Death on Spirit Stretch Friday
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Communion Debacle our daughters experienced at church. It made me think about how hard it can be to truly enter into this sacrament and be present to God in the...
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Me and Joe and the President
Do you ever feel like you’ve accidentally put on Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak? A few months ago a couple of people made an appointment with me. I didn’t know what their agenda was. When we met...
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One thing Jesus never did?
Last year we had a fantastic guest speaker at our church. According to an informal survey he took, most people don’t like journaling. And they are relieved when they are assured that Jesus never...
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Hunting Caterpillars
Hunting caterpillars with my daughters – Heather H. Last ride on the Ferris Wheel – Mary Jo S....
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“And NO Phone!”
So this week is Media week for our little Summer of 7 band of intrepid women. We’re trying an experimental mutiny against excess in order to get a better perspective on kingdom living. You can read...
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Looking for Life and Death and Maybe Jesus
I’m taking a little August sabbatical. I pray you’ll be blessed by a repost from last year on a Spirit Stretch Friday… A few weeks ago I wrote about the Communion Debacle our daughters experienced at...
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What Do You Do New Year’s Eve Morning?
New Year’s Eve morning is a quiet one at Starbucks. We’re reading backwards. Every year, during the week between Christmas and New Year’s day, my husband John and I make a practice of reading back...
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Invitations and the Three Things You Need
I’m not that person. I’m not the sell-everything-move-to-the-slums-of-Calcutta-like-Mother-Theresa person. That’s not the invitation I’ve sensed from God. Yet. I’m an ordinary girl trying to follow...
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Holding my Breath
It’s summertime, which for me conjures up memories of being at the Lake House with my cousins, perpetually in a wet swim suit, rarely out of the lake. One of the many games we would play was...
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Notice What You Notice
This is Maggie, our delightful, 25 year old who just got married and is preparing to move from D.C. cross-country with her husband to start grad school at Berkeley. One of her mentors, Brooke Toftoy,...
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Sitting with Dirty Hands
As I write this it’s 10 p.m. I’m in Lusaka, Zambia, sitting outside with John at our hotel trying to take in the day. There’s a small alligator in the hotel pond next to us and a gigantic cock roach...
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Selfies and Three Alternatives
Selfie: A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” A friend of ours, Renee Stearns, included a great insight in their...
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Holding My Breath
It’s summertime, which for me conjures up memories of being at the “Lake House” with my cousins, perpetually in a wet swim suit, rarely out of the lake. One of the many games we would play was...
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Stay Woke
“Stay woke” is a phrase I wasn’t familiar with until recently. Now it seems I see it everywhere I turn. It’s a phrase used by much of the African American community. And it’s a spiritual practice I’m...
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