What a roadside weed, the apostle Paul, a traffic cone, and a terrible, horrible, no good day taught me about blooming where God plants us Yesterday began as an Australia day. That’s what we call
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Tag: grace
Rediscover Your Identity in Life’s Shifting Seasons
There are seasons in life when we begin to realize that the roles we’ve carried for years are shifting. Sometimes it happens gradually. Sometimes it’s all at once. Career changes. Children become more independent. Ministries
Read moreWhen An Old Wound Resurfaces
What can we do we when we think we’ve healed from an old wound, only to find what we thought was a scar is unexpectedly ripped open again? Years have passed since I experienced a
Read moreExactly Where We’re Supposed to Be
Learning to Trust God Along the Way Rules. There are a lot of them, don’t you think? It seems the world bombards us with them as soon as we’ve mastered the transition from sitting up
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I am in Christ, and He is in me Made righteous, His grace I see I am healed and whole because He suffered on the tree In Christ I am bold, In Him I’m free
Read moreGod’s Gift of Grace
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 God’s gift
Read moreEssential Questions for Believers
My life has been a bit crazy lately. In the last month, we’ve had a death in the family, celebrated our daughter’s pregnancy with an elaborate baby shower, traveled internationally, and begun a remodeling project
Read moreHow to Navigate Poor Decisions: Finding Grace in God’s Mercy
Rules provide clarity, guiding us in the right direction. When God gave us the Ten Commandments, I often wish He’d added an addendum: ‘Avoid unwise decisions.’ Of course, what defines an ‘unwise decision’ is subjective.
Read moreEmmanuel–Even in Aisle Three
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the
Read moreTaking a Mulligan?
Have you heard of “taking a mulligan”? Mulligans are most common in golf, although I have also encountered them in shooting sports. A mulligan is a second chance. Sometimes it’s informal. If you get distracted
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