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We Begin Again
There is something about confession — something completely transformative — and yet so often we find ourselves going through the motions of a confession without really resolving to try to change moving forward from that moment of grace and forgiveness. It’s not to say that we won’t fall into the same sins again, but we should never accept those sins as part of who we are and we should never give up trying to put them in the past and keep them there. We are not our sins — not our sexual sins, our anger, our hatred or addictions — I could go on, but you get the idea. The…
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Athens, Wildfires & Praying from the Heart
We live in a culture in which a lot of really good and decent people remain silent about their deepest held beliefs — while overly outspoken (often narcissistic) men and women make a living off of filling the world with inflammatory and offensive content, instilling fear and division wherever they go. Perhaps those people who make a living off of riling people up have turned us off to the really important truth that we have a duty to share the Gospel with the world around us. Perhaps we’ve accepted the fact that we can’t do much to stem the tide and to share the good news with a world that…
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Trying to Get Back Into the Pace of Life and Some Quotes that Keep Me Going
Hello everybody! I’ve been trying to get back to regular posting over here, trying to find my pace in every day life, and trying to readjust to school beginning next week. Suffice it to say, I’m still working on finding the rhythm that will work for myself and the family. I’m going to try to post an actual post next week, but here’s some quotes I’ve been sharing over on my public pages on Instagram and Facebook. Speaking of that, I’m also trying to find the balance between posting over there and writing here….often I find myself posting there every day and then trying to write weekly over here…which has…
