I am not in charge of virtually anything, despite my previous conviction to the contrary. I am a mother of 2, a stepmother of 2, and a special educator of about 100. I am well aware of my powerlessness. I do, however, believe in free will. I believe that we have the power of intention/will. We […]
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Every year we walk with Jesus, our faith deepens and new understandings shine forth. This year, here are three lessons coming through for me during this Holy Week. #1 “If Only I Could Show Them”: The Last Foolish Journey Often, as spiritual aspirants make their ascent, they want to be of service in any way
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Lent is one of my favorite times of the year. It is a time for renewing my relationship with God, committing to removing the barriers between myself and the Spirit and extending outwards in service. This year, though, I wanted to try something a little different. After seeing a random article on the far-reaching impact
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Jesus Wept Until recently, I didn’t quite grasp why Jesus wept. He knew that Lazarus would rise from the dead, that his dear friends Martha and Mary would witness the greatest miracle of their lives to date. And yet, he wept. The simple answer is compassion. Yet that didn’t seem to completely cover it for
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My husband and I enjoy watching the show Wednesday. It’s the scariest show I can watch without having nightmares. I can relate to Enid, I find Wednesday’s character amusing, and the story is objectively quite interesting. As an added bonus, for my husband and I the show is a nice change from our lighter choices
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Yesterday morning, I sipped a large mug of hot cocoa and enjoyed an equally rich conversation with my two sons. It was 7 AM. My oldest and I would be off to high school, him to learn, me to teach, in 15 minutes. Yet here, in those holy moments, we were together, enjoying our breakfasts.
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“Come now, let us reason together.” -Isaiah 1:18a God holds an open invitation to chat about the state of our hearts. I’d go so far as to say he is begging us to come to Him with our brokenness. Despite what is waiting for us in God’s loving arms, the distance between us and God
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Do You Have What it Takes to Ride Upfront? This message was prominently displayed on the rear of a big rig recently. I have no interest in being a truck driver. For starters, I don’t sit well for long periods of time. In addition, I drift off after about an hour behind the wheel. So,
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Pride: One of the seven deadly sins One of the greatest ways that we miss the mark as humans is our intellectual pride. We think that we have it all figured out. We know what and who is right, and what and who is wrong. We know how our life and the lives of others
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The Raiders Minimization My husband and I both enjoy watching The Big Bang Theory and recently rewatched the episode where Amy Farrah Fowler (Sheldon’s girlfriend) ruins Sheldon’s favorite movie. As she explains to him, in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana’s existence contributed nothing to the final outcome of the film.
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