Redeeming Valentine’s Day

It was the first time we had hired a babysitter. It was about that time of the afternoon when we needed to start to get ready to go out. But, we knew something wasn’t right. Our oldest was three months shy of her first birthday and she wasn’t quite herself. The baby thermometer confirmed our […]

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2/10/2019

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Parenting

Perspective Problems

I know that they are cheesy and corny, but I really do like those “trick” photographs where the perspective makes reality look like something that really isn’t happening is, in fact, happening. The tourists look like they’re holding up the leaning Tower of Pisa or, like in the opening of the movie Despicable Me, the […]

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2/03/2019

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My Theology

Mercy In, Mercy Out

Confession time. I rank sins. I judge people. I make assumptions. I consider myself better than others. Somehow I think I am more deserving of God’s grace. I am prideful. “It’s natural to want mercy for yourself but justice for others.” -Paul David Tripp This quote from my devotional this weekend stung. My ladies’ Bible […]

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1/28/2019

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The Meaning of Pro-Life

Pro-Life is SO much more than Anti-Abortion. It is for every life – the down-syndrome, the homeless, the druggie, the refuge, the convicted rapist and murderer. It is more than a political talking point or side of a social media argument. It is how we treat -with respect and love- those with opposing political and […]

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In The Now

I accepted Christ as a 7 year old child. I understood that I was a sinner and that I could not save myself. I knew I did not want to go to hell. I was baptized and fully confident in my “fire insurance.” If I were to die, I was assured that I would go […]

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First Things First

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 The first place I am seeking to be intentional is in my relationship with God. Everything else falls into the category of “all these things,” and I am claiming His promise that those “things” […]