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How to Pray When You’re Distracted and Overwhelmed

By [email protected] on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

*originally posted at womendevotions.com How Can We Pray When There Are So Many Distractions Surrounding Us In Everyday Life! don’t know about you, but seasons of distraction and being overwhelmed can sometimes come on like a surprise blizzard and then linger like an Indian summer. I find myself in survival mode. Wake up, coffee, chores,…

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How to Make Friends in a New Church

By [email protected] on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

*originally posted at https://www.womendevotions.com/how-to-make-friends-in-a-new-church/ With Covid winding down many of us are heading back to church; and for many of you, it may even be a new church. No matter where you go, when it’s been awhile, going to church can be scary. You may feel isolated and alone. How are you to make friends…

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HOW TO ENJOY GOD

By [email protected] on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

One of my favorite quotes right now is found on Pinterest in the fashion of a meme: “I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing half way through how much you enjoy them and their existence.” It’s such a perfect picture of how I enjoy others in my life –…

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Jesus’ Valley Crossing: 3 Truths for Holy Week

By [email protected] on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

*Today’s guest post was originally posted at Life and Limb Blog You can also find more of Megan Monterrosa’s writing at Pearls and Pursuit. “When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.”…

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God is King: Tale of a Princess

By [email protected] on March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

*originally posted 3 years ago at https://www.womendevotions.com What comes to mind when you hear “princess?” For most, I suppose it’s gowns, crowns, and glitter. I myself am a wife, a mom, a singer, a pastor, a writer, but most importantly, I’m a 38-year-old princess full of wit and sparkle who owns three Snow White dresses…

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Why Do I Need the Holy Spirit? A Look at Chocolate Milk and Life Jackets

By [email protected] on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

The Holy Spirit can be difficult to talk about but He’s arguably the most relevant person in our daily Christian lives. Let me say that again – THE MOST RELEVANT. Jesus told His disciples that the Spirit would teach them all things (John, 14:26). In John 16:13, Jesus told them that the Spirit would guide…

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Who You Are OnScreen – 3 Thoughts for Using Social Media

By [email protected] on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

I’m sure by now, you’re exhausted by the whole Christians and social media conversation. I am too, yet there’s still more to be said. Please permit me a few more thoughts before we crown ourselves social media graduates and experts, taking our diplomas and smart phones and marching proudly across the stage after watching The Social Dilemma and having remembered the sermon illustration pointing out that everyone can see us picking our nose in our car – we are not as hidden as we think.

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I’m gonna ask you to be a Christian for Just One Week – A Challenge to One Who Claims to Follow Christ

By [email protected] on February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

What is a Christian? The dictionary says a Christian is someone relating to or professing Christianity or its teachings; or a person who has received Christian baptism, or is a believer in Christianity. Some would say a Christian is a religious person or worse . I would say a Christian is a person who is…

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A Plea for the Anxious Christian – Please Hear This, Healthy Brothers and Sisters

By [email protected] on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

As I come up on the one year anniversary of When My Mind Winds Up – my second book turns one on Valentine’s Day; and, as I simultaneously co-teach a discipleship class on Jennie Allen’s book, Get Out of Your Head, I’ve realized that I keep walking the anxious or depressed person through the often…

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What’s Love to a Christian? – 3 Things to Consider

By [email protected] on February 4, 2021February 4, 2021

What’s Love Got to Do With It? – Absolutely Everything! *originally posted at womendevotions.com With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, here comes the obligatory Love post. However, it should be no secret that Love is central to the theme of the Christian Community. If it’s not, therein lies the problem and this post is more needed…

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