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God’s Lesson on Boundaries

November 15, 2019 By Emily Rutledge 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with shingles. The week before that I had strep throat. A few weeks before that my children started a new school year and the church program year began. A few weeks before that my mother died of dementia.I’m 35.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: parents, self-care, sickness

Constance and the Martyrs of Memphis

September 9, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

The words “Martyrs” and “Memphis” at first glance might seem to be an odd pairing. We think of martyrs as biblical, ancient, and abroad, and Memphis as relatively young from a world history standpoint—a place for good BBQ and Blues.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Constance, enslaved people, martyrdom, sickness

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