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Making Room: Clearing Clutter to Restore Joy
The end of the year always seems to invite reflection—and for me, it also invites a good, honest purge. Not just of physical clutter, but of emotional and mental clutter as well. This month, I’ve been letting go of things that are no longer helpful or life-giving. Some of that looked very practical: releasing books I’ve already…
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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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The Kind of Leader God Chooses
Over the past few days, a persistent theme has been seen in my daily time in Scripture: God gives grace to the humble. It is comforting because it invites us into rest, and confronting because it asks us to release our grip on self-reliance. James writes it plainly: “God opposes the proud but gives grace…
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What Psalm 77 Taught Us This Week?
This week in our zooms in FCC, we gathered as women hungry for God’s presence—and Psalm 77 met us right where we were! It’s a psalm full of emotion, tension, honesty, and ultimately, hope. We watched David pour out his distress, naming his fears and wrestling with the feeling that God had abandoned him. And…
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Our Mask of Criticism: What Our Judging Hearts Are Really Trying to Hide
Criticism of others is often a mask. A shield. A hiding place. Not from others—but from ourselves.
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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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One Step at a Time: Trusting the Lamp of His Word
(Video is a clip from Oct 10-2025 in the FreedomCoachingCircle – if this topic stirs your heart, join us!) If God turned on the floodlights and showed us the entire journey ahead, most of us would be completely overwhelmed. We’d see the challenges coming.We’d notice the detours, the waiting seasons, and the unknowns.And our hearts…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 