being the church
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How do you grieve the unfaithfulness of loved ones?
How do you grieve the unfaithfulness of loved ones? A friend, community… you name it…? 💔 Good memories are painful… they haunt you… you don’t know what to do with them. How do you grieve over a once faithful but then turned hurtful inner community…? How do you grieve over the betrayal of a small circle within…
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Relationship, Not Religion
Update: My heart is full! I’m slowly gaining strength physically as my nervous system heals since my doctor ordered me to leave my place of ministry for peaceful rest back in June 2016. Though, last week I was in bed 3 days and one was in the house with all blinds drawn, ear plugs in…
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My Sensitivity and Burden Bearing
As I journeyed forward from burnout in ministry a few years ago, I began to learn more about my spiritual sensitivity and discernment, a gift and a curse at times. Definitely a gift the enemy hates. Years ago, I read an article from Eric H Janzen on Burden Bearing and it opened my eyes. Yet,…
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My Vision on Women
One morning I woke up with a vision of a family who is well known and loved within their community caring for orphans and widows and the homeless, but behind closed doors the daughters are mistreated. Several older daughters left the family to find freedom. The next daughter in line spoke up against the mistreatment,…
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Quit the Program?
Why do we think we need a program? (How to Live Life) Basic Christian Living 101: Our minds are so programmed to be in a program…for everything. (Thank you Henry Ford for your assembly line model…) We go to an education program, we go to a fitness program, we go to a sports program… we…
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Speaking a Fountain of Life
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. – Proverbs 10:11 (NIV) Do you bring life to others by the words you speak? I was Skyping with a friend overseas today and she shared with me this Proverb that challenged her. It got me searching and thinking of…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 6th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Col 3:12-14 NIRV and ERV – Unity in Love We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, …as we focus on love’s journey to the cross… Reflect with me… God calls…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 5th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Love means laying down your life – John 15:9-15 We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, on how God deeply loves…
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Intentional Friendships
I am ALIVE and investing in other people, because of people who invested in me. My parents were intentional in recruiting others to invest in me in partnership with them. Friends and mentors obediently stepped up at crucial times of brokenness in my life. They saw something in me, prayed for me, battled for me,…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 3rd Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections The Gift of Love, 1 Cor 13 ERV We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, …as we focus on love’s journey to the cross, on how God loves us and calls…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 