It’s not the Webster.com version, but the pastor of our church recently offered a definition of “faith” that I hadn’t heard before. He said “faith is an action based on a belief.” Faith is an action. Faith is a verb. It’s not something you have, it’s something you do. Belief is something you have, faith is something […]
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10/21/16
I remember the first time I saw the video of Kid President give his “Pep Talk” and I thought, now that’s something the world needs more of. And he’s right, we could all use a pep talk. If we let it, the world can seem to be a scary place that’s out of control. But, […]
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Today marks the beginning of a new season for me. This post is my official “launch” post for the new website and blog (designed by Jen Olmstead of Tonic Site Shop) and it’s the day before I begin a trip back East to begin interviews for the book I’m planning to write. There, I’ve said […]
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If you had told me in the summer of 2015 that I only had one year left of living in Arizona and one year left of working for Showit I would have disagreed with you. I would’ve been nice about it, but I might have called you crazy to your face. But that’s the thing […]
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How has the ping of my inbox become more important than the sound of your voice? If you’re a work-from-home mom then you know exactly what I’m talking about. That incessant, relentless ping from the sound of yet another email dropping into your inbox. Another demand on your time, another item on your to-do list. […]
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I want to talk to you from the mountaintop. From a peak that is so high, at the end of a trail that has come so far that the place where you started is just a speck in the distance, too small and too fuzzy to clearly make out. But the reality is that on […]
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I’m sitting at the Apple store waiting to check in a mini iPad. Why? Because it has a cracked screen. How did that happen? Lily bit it. No joke. She got frustrated playing the “Minions” racing game and last week she bit her iPad. She bit it so hard that it shattered the screen. I’m […]
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We live in a hurried, busy world. A world where our hands spend more time holding our phones than holding the people we love. And amidst all the hurrying we can feel like we’ve lost God… or we start to believe the lie that He looses us, rejects us, moves on from us. The truth […]
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It’s everywhere we look. Sometimes it’s written on a small sign in the corner of our neighborhood coffee shop: Capacity 50. We barely notice it, we’re usually so engrossed in our Instagram or Facebook feed while waiting for the barista behind the counter to call our name. Our washing machines have it, our cars have […]
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I have a friend who wants to have a baby. She’s been married for years and it hasn’t happened yet. The society we live in would tell her to see a fertility specialist or to begin the adoption process. But my friend desires to be pregnant, and she’s waiting patiently for God to answer her […]
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I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about how to learn to say YES to God more. It’s not that I say NO every time, it’s just that I’ve come to realize that I say no a lot more often than I even realize. In every day there are opportunities to serve and love […]
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We’ve all experienced it. Doubt that slowly creeps in like fog on an early winter morning, or frustration that comes like a torrential downpour you can’t find shelter from. Mixed in with the doubt and the frustration there is often exhaustion, a feeling of being depleted and utter loneliness. And that’s the one that really […]
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"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children."
ROMANS 8: 14-16, ESV
“A quiet heart is content with what God gives.”
- ELISABETH ELLIOT
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