Encouraging Women to Live Rooted in the Sacred
“I feel sorry for Joe; he has to go home with you.” How is it that words spoken nearly 25 years ago can press into your spirit anew when you least expect them? What had I missed? Had I said something wrong? Been annoying? As far as I’d known, it was a carefree holiday meal at my parents house. Frayed…
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Welcome back, friends. Y’all, my heart is bossing me around and has something it wants to say: Thank you. I’m always blessed by your company, but especially weeks when prayers are shared. Friends, I need you to know it’s never about pretense, numbers, or filling another word-count quota. The honor of your prayer burdens finding safety here is not lost…
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Welcome back, friends. I wonder—am I the only one who can sometimes find prayer exhausting? Often I’ll focus so much on a specific prayer burden, it can become mentally and physically draining. Is there a “me too” in the room? If you’re like me, our prayers aren’t an effort to control—we know God’s bigger than it all. Rather, we’re praying…
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Dreamer. I’m in love with the poetic energy of that word. But up until recently, I’d never considered myself a dreamer. Turns out I was wrong. What about you? Would you call yourself a “dreamer?” Perhaps you’re like me and have mentally filed the word “dream” alongside the word “goal.” With this hyper-driven, goal-centered personality of mine, I’m more apt…
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Who do you think you are anyway? You’re just a random girl with a common dream. You know you’ll be misunderstood. Sound familiar? Like a relentless housefly on a hot summer day, he’s the pesky accuser, forever seeking to edge his way between our head and our heart. He holds court, as if the “Truth, whole Truth, and nothing but…
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Welcome back, friends. What a fun month it’s been connecting with you all. Thank you for sharing your words at this table. Guess what? Remember those monthly drawings? Everyone who linked-up with #ChasingCommunity during the month of January was automatically entered into a drawing for a sweet gift. And what a sweet gift it is. I’m excited to share (In)Courage’s…
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