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Our Support Group

They [at Alcoholics Anonymous] live alongside and cheer him on as those who have also tasted that bitter hell but are being saved. What a gift is found in the true understanding offered by others who have personally faced what we’re facing. And I can’t stop thinking about how this is also true of the Church.

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Sowing Life

A garden is a simple reminder that life is lived in cycles and seasons. There is a season for sowing, a season for growing, a season for bearing fruit, for reaping and feasting, for dying and making way for new life. Life breeds life and the seeds of all things begin in the fruit which came before.

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When Jesus Looked at Peter

“And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.” Luke 22:61
I’m not sure there are many verses that pierce my heart more than this one does. Peter’s denial of Christ reminds me of my own faithlessness.

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The Candle of Communion

This evening, many brothers and sisters of the Church will share communion. We will break the bread and take the cup in remembrance of Christ’s body and blood. It is one way we encourage one another in faithfulness to Jesus, by remembering together His beautiful sacrifice.

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Psalm 16 at Thanksgiving

All the good in the world is nothing without God. There is no gain in knowing joy in this life while never knowing the Joy-giver. All the sadness in the world is nothing with God. There is no pain that compares to the promise of our future.

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Die Like Autumn

I was sitting on a hilltop swing, marveling at the beauty of the forest beside me. The leaves had begun to turn into bold, fiery reds and yellows. The sun was casting its amber rays into the pond before me and a cool breeze rustled the blazing leaves overhead, making them dance and sing.

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Gifting Memories to Myself

Dear Future Self, I don’t know you like you know me. I don’t know what has passed between us. You have my future now. You have my someday life and, some days, I feel I’m coming at you with full speed to claim it. But I have something you can never have again: My present.

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The Delights of These Days

I am a mom of preschoolers. Three of them, to be exact. Although this phase of parenthood has had micro seasons of change within it, no change has felt so great as what our family will experience this Thursday morning: My oldest starts kindergarten.

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Be Merry

Be Merry. That's what our Christmas card says this year. I struggled with the phrase initially. I worried that it wouldn't read as a well-wish so much as a curt demand for cheer.

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Hope For Thorns & Thistles

Advent means "coming" or "the arrival of something long-awaited." Throughout the Old Testament, God prepared his people for the advent of their Savior. His people waited. Creation waited. What was broken in the garden, all of heaven and earth longed to see reconciled.

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O Christmas Tree

It's that time of year. When your Facebook newsfeed is filled with pictures of fireplace mantles and Christmas trees. And some of you have serious skills. I mean, you've obviously been watching your HGTV and can tinsel up with the best of them. But, we have young kids at our house, so I thought I'd bless you with some tips for how you, too, can achieve the look of my stunning Christmas tree.

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Brought Near

Open the beautiful, sacred text of the Bible, translated here from the original Hebrew, and within four English words, we read of God's holiness: “In the beginning, God…” In the very first verses of the Bible, God teaches us of His holiness and nearness. We are newborn creation gazing into the hovering face of our Maker as He whispers to us Who He is and how He loves us.

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Mary’s Birth Plan

I am a planner. For me, preparing for my baby meant spending hours reading car seat and stroller reviews online and creating a 7-page document for my family with maps to the hospital and nearby dining options. So, naturally, creating a birth plan was right up my alley. Now with childbirth under my belt, this Christmas I find myself marveling at Mary's birth experience. What if she had hoped for everything to happen just as it did? Her birth plan might have looked something like this…

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Treasuring These Things

This year as we celebrate Christ's birth, my husband and I are expecting our first child and I find that I can connect to some of the emotions Mary may have felt in a much more...tangible way. I believe Mary must have felt the same excitement, trepidation, love, apprehension, and joy that I feel now. But for all the ways I can relate to Mary, I can only imagine what it must be like to carry the Savior of mankind in your womb.

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God Provides

The Israelites called it "manna," which means "What is it?" Every morning, they collected just enough manna for that day. During the entire journey through the desert to the Promised Land, God provided for His children.

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God Redeems

I recently had the absolute privilege of partaking in Seder dinner at the home of a sweet Jewish couple we know. Seder dinner marks the beginning of Passover and for us that night, it was a chance to see God's Word come to life!

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Time

Last week, I sang in a funeral service and heard family members celebrate a life well-lived. The next day, I attended a baby shower and watched as friends and family celebrated a new life beginning. Life and death, the circle of life...these are the thoughts that have occupied my mind lately.

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Peace On Earth

Despite mankind's cultural differences or religious preferences, it seems this time of year most everyone can agree to promote the special message of "peace on earth,” of Christmastime as a reminder to be considerate of the neighbor, to take care of the needy, to find common ground. And that, indeed, is a SPECIAL message! However, when the company of angels who first spoke this message uttered those words of peace, I believe they had something far grander in mind - something more akin to a Hero saving His Bride.

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To Know Him

We are all creative. And I don't mean the "artsy" or "out-of-the-box thinking" type of creative. I mean we all possess the ability to create. Whether it's in business, science, philosophy, law, politics, writing, mathematics, the arts...we have creative outputs. These outputs reflect what we believe and, collectively, influence society.

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