being the church
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Countdown to the Cross and Open Grave! (Lent 2026)
I love the Lenten season! 🙂 Passover (some call it ‘Easter’) is the most important event in our world history, and yet it can sneak up on us. We often spend so much time focusing on Christmas, that we forget Part 2, …the dying to the old self-part and receiving new life in Christ! Christmas…
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💕A New Month: A Fresh Invitation… to Love
February invites me to slow down and reflect on relationships – the people God has woven into my everyday lives… But before February becomes about striving to love better, give more, or fix relationships, there’s a gentler invitation waiting for us…
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How We Tend to Incorrectly Treat Believers
When Jesus Spoke to Crowds—vs. With Disciples Recently, this simple statement came out in a conversation: “What Jesus did with pre-believers was preach to crowds.What Jesus did with His disciples was engage and interact with them.And yet, we often do for believers what Jesus did for pre-believers—with only one person doing all the talking.” Wow!…
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7 Circles: A Call to Love and Influence
Recently, a woman shared with me about a family member’s frustrating journey. As she shared, it occurred to me that this family member was most likely trying to operate in a realm of society he wasn’t necessarily called to. Sometimes we are raised to believe that ministry looks ONLY one certain way: in a church.…
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Living with Eyes Wide Open
Living with eyes wide open to God’s faithfulness is an incredible key to walk in your calling.
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How to Navigate Controlling People and Places?
How do you navigate a controlling person, family, or community? It’s a question many of us wrestle with—and it can feel overwhelming. Control is heavy. It’s stifling. And often, it leaves us feeling powerless. But here’s a perspective that changes everything: See the controlling person not as a monster, but as a scared child.
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God Sees Your Grief
Reflections from Our Zoom Journey in the Freedom Coaching Circle This past week in our Zoom group gatherings, we entered into a sacred space—a space that often goes unspoken or hidden: the place of grief. Not a trendy topic.Not something many of us would choose.But oh, how necessary.Because grief is not weakness—it’s an open invitation for God’s…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 