Ecumenical Explorations. That was the theme of our sabbatical grant proposal. We would be exploring different denominations each Sunday and would be learning about the…
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Transparency {Part 2}
It was a day that started out as any other weekday. The kids had eaten breakfast, done chores, and were sitting at the table working…
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Within the small-town church culture, transparency is both very simple and very hard. You live life closely with your people, often seeing them several times…
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RECONCILE QUICKLY. There is a story of a PW who told her husband on their wedding night she would never hide anything from him save one thing, the contents of a box she would keep under their bed. After 20 years of her having this secret, her husband finally asked what was in the box.
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[Part three of a four-part series] This week we’re continuing our CHEER for our husbands! Count it a joy to serve together Hear his heart…
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Part two of a four-part series Today we’re continuing our CHEER for our husbands! Count it a joy to serve together Hear his heart Be…
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I smile as I think of the cheerleaders I knew in high school. (Hi! A ‘96 high school grad from Ohio here!) I remember their…
View More Cheerleading {Part 1}Friendship {Outside the Church}
{This is part two of a series on friendship.} As much as I adore and love and feel absolutely called to serve those in our…
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Talking about friendships often has me humming the old Girl Scout Friendship Song I learned in first grade. “Make new friends/But keep the old/One is…
View More Friendship {Inside the Church}A Rural American Girl and a Suburban Canadian Boy
Have you ever had one of those moments when you met someone for the first time, but you felt like you had known them forever?…
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