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Faith, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 26, 2013

Why are we here?

In Christian circles I’ve heard a couple of reasons for “why we are here”.  One of those reasons is “to glorify God”.  I used to […] Read More

Faith, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 18, 2013

Somedays I am like Denethor

For those of you who know nothing about The Lord of the Rings, let me provide a bit of background.  Denethor is the Steward of […] Read More

Faith, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 14, 2013

There IS hope

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could […] Read More

Faith, Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 10, 2013November 10, 2013

A year this weekend…

  A year ago this weekend, I was here: in the Okanogan.  On the spur of the moment, my husband and I decided to visit […] Read More

Faith, Family, Personal Posted onSeptember 21, 2013

Brokenness

We are all broken people…in need of grace. I was reminded of this a number of times this week.  Through a blog post here.  Through […] Read More

Church, Faith Posted onSeptember 8, 2013

What defines ‘legitimate’ church?

Lately I’ve been thinking about how people define the word ‘church’. Rachel Held Evans wrote a guest blog post on CNN’s belief blog a couple […] Read More

Faith, Personal Posted onSeptember 1, 2013

A song for encouragement

I was playing around with movie maker software this weekend and came up with this.  I hope you enjoy…

Faith, Personal Posted onJuly 13, 2013

Seeking the Beauty in our Lives

I’ve been doing lots of reading lately.  Most recently I’ve read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and Perks of Being a […] Read More

Faith, Personal Posted onApril 9, 2013

A letter to my fears

I was inspired by Fresh Flowers today and thought I would write my own letter. To my fears, I know there are days when you […] Read More

Church, Faith, Family, Personal, Work Posted onMarch 29, 2013

Random thoughts on Good Friday

Today is Good Friday.  This season of Lent is almost over and I realize my ‘project’ didn’t get very far.  But that’s ok, I’ll give […] Read More

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