Category: inspiration
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Renewing your mind-video!
I had the privilege of preaching this past Sunday at our church. It was especially great because it was right before international women’s day. We are in the middle of our Mental Health Series and the subject is all on renewing your mind. If you have never listened to our podcast, but have read the…
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In Gods image- celebrating black history
I’m never more aware of my dark skin until I see photos myself with my light skinned children. There is nothing wrong with our skin tones. However, the world we live in full off sin, and wants to make us believe that the color of our skin makes us better or worse than one another.…
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Just ONE Good thing
Today I had a pretty productive day, which for me feels like an impossibility most days. I was able to finish all my chores early and finished daunting alterations project. Toward the end of the day, I started having this niggling feeling that I missed something. The whisper of ‘you didn’t do enough for your…
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Why I teach my children to never be ashamed of who they are
I honestly was not planning on writing something like this online for a few years now. But here we are. The ugliness of racism and hatred and homegrown terrorism has made its way into the forefront of our news, homes and our hearts. It’s when children of all colors see these things and something changes…
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Learning to Breathe- God ordained rest
This past week we spent back east visiting my family. After the ‘adventure’ of two small children on an airplane (that’s for another blog post ) we are happy to be home and all a bit jet-lagged. However, it was truly a restful vacation. We jokingly call my parents house the sleepy house because we…
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Go ahead, choose…
Life with the babies can be difficult at times, and that’s ok. Every day is different and some are better than others. Let’s start with this: you are doing the best you can. We all have days where we wish we could be more, do better and just be…well, MORE for our babies. It…
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Shake it up!
Ok, so I love nail polish. Like have a fond affinity for it, like a child to a teddy bear. I have been collecting and using nail polish sense I was about 12 years old. At that age, I thought it was a really good idea to have neon green and orange alternating nails.…
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The Love Chapter
I know some people roll their eyes at another Valentines Day every year, but how did it begin and what does the Bible have to say about love?
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Clinging to what is good
With everything going on in our country right now. I have felt a little lost, hurt and confused. There are plenty of people in our communities who are acting in the best ways they know how. Sometimes that may not be the way we would respond. It could be responding on social media, protests, community gatherings,…
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