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31 Days (October), Grace, Personal, Shame / October 9, 2015

My “aha” moment

I’ve written about watching Brene Brown’s TEDx talk on “The Power of Vulnerability”. This is the part that blew my mind: Wait what?!?!? They just […] Read More

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31 Days (October), Church, Faith, Shame, Vulnerability / October 8, 2015

Light and Darkness (and how they fit with vulnerability and shame)

I love the concepts of “light” and “darkness” and they are strewn all over the Bible. John in particular uses these metaphors. Here’s a few […] Read More

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31 Days (October), Faith, Shame / October 7, 2015

Shame enters the world

Take a look at this: “Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.” [emphasis mine] (Genesis 2:25, NLT) “At […] Read More

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Church, Faith, Personal / February 9, 2015

Healing does not equal a cure

I was listening to a talk by Rachel Held Evans last week. Near the end of her talk she spoke about the difference between healing […] Read More

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Church, Faith, Personal / January 30, 2015

How are we transformed?

I’ve been thinking about how we are changed. I am a very different person from who I was in high school. But how did I […] Read More

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Faith, Family, Personal / January 29, 2015

Leaning into trust

I find trust to be somewhat ambiguous. It’s hard to nail down. One minute I’m feeling fine and secure, the next I’m anxious and catastrophizing. […] Read More

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Church, Faith, Personal / November 25, 2014

Refusing to Dance

I stumbled across the Momastery blog over a year ago. I love reading & listening to Glennon. Grace is such a big part of what […] Read More

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Church, Faith, Personal / May 16, 2014

Not Enough?

A copy of “Living Light News” showed up in my mailbox last week.  It’s a Christian publication that comes around a couple of times a […] Read More

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Faith, Personal / December 20, 2013

The Parable of the Hired Hand

I’ve been looking at the parable of the prodigal son in a new way lately (Luke 15:11-32).  I think it’s more a parable of the […] Read More

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Church, Faith, Personal / December 12, 2013

More than jars of clay

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 1 Corinthians 4:7 […] Read More

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