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Down in the gullies, you make springs to rise

May 17, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Have you ever had one of those palm-to-forehead moments?

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Annunciation, confession, grace, Prayer

God’s Grace & Love Can Never be Earned

February 9, 2021 By Kim Faasse Leave a Comment

I grew up in a “Christian” home with “Christian” parents. I put the word Christian in quotes because it was anything but Christian.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grace, love, parenting

I’m Sorry, Thank You, and the Mystery of Grace

May 6, 2020 By Kit Lonergan 8 Comments

Every email to my children’s teachers the first three weeks of quarantine began with an apology.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: coronavirus, grace, gratitude, humility, Prayer, thankfulness

Grow at the Movies: Troop Zero

January 30, 2020 By Carrie Willard 1 Comment

When I saw the trailer for “Troop Zero,” featuring Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, and Viola Davis, I was instantly charmed and knew I wanted to watch it with my family.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: daily life, grace, Grow at the Movies, Jesus, redemptions, TV

Sufficient, Daily Grace

December 8, 2019 By Laura Shaver 2 Comments

“But the Lord said to me, ’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  2 Corinthians 12:9.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, forgiveness, grace, parenting

God Loves You, Even in Maycember

May 28, 2019 By Carrie Willard 4 Comments

Several years ago, Jen Hatmaker’s Worst End of School Year Mom Ever made the rounds, describing the desperate limp toward the finish line that many parents experience. More recently, the Holderness family produced a video about “Maycember,” illustrating the feeling that parents have at this time of year – just as busy as Christmas, without the lights and the peppy music.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grace, love, parenting, school, summer

The Weight of Yesterday

May 14, 2019 By Laura Shaver Leave a Comment

On a recent Sunday in church, our priest quoted someone who once said, “Yesterday is the heaviest weight you can carry today.” He made sure to repeat the line for emphasis.As I let the quoted words settle, my mind wandered to my yesterday’s morning.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: grace, parenting, young children

How to Save Teenagers for Eternity in Three Easy Steps

April 26, 2019 By Meredith Baker 2 Comments

As a teen, my stomach sank whenever I boarded a plane. I wasn’t scared to fly, I was nervous about sharing the gospel with my seatmate. What could be more awkward than cornering the total stranger trapped next to you to inquire about their eternal destiny? Yet that’s what my evangelical preachers told me to do on flights. 

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: discipleship, grace, salvation, teenagers, youth, youth group, youth ministry

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Cost of Discipleship Today

April 9, 2019 By Miguel Escobar 3 Comments

Today the Episcopal Church celebrates Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, a founder of Germany’s Confessing Church movement, and forceful resister to Nazi dictatorship.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: bonhoeffer, cloud of witnesses, discipleship, grace, hate

The Gob-Smacking Nature of Grace

January 12, 2019 By Cara Meredith 1 Comment

The scene generally looks the same: after my older son and I pick up his brother at preschool, I have a choice to make. Do I take the shorter route, the one that winds down MacArthur and through the center of town, complete with stoplights and traffic and grit galore? Or do I take the back roads that take a few minutes longer but guarantees a glimpse of the magical view?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: creation, environment, grace

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