Category: Thoughts
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I am Not Just a Self-Identified Woman
As a limited human, I need someone outside of me to tell me who I am.
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The Spirit Beautifies
The Spirit brings believers to life and makes them beautiful. What grace!
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Ghostwriters, Botox, & Glory
Some things are way less cool than they appear. But what they reveal about our hearts is worth considering.
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Is God Calling Me to Obscurity or Influence?
As my Dad often said when I was growing up: “If you ask the wrong question, you’ll get the wrong answer.”
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Use Discretion (& a bucket)
This is not a call to stop thinking. Call out evil when and where you must. But call out the good too.
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You’ll Never Be Content Until…
If you can’t rejoice in your lot today, you won’t be able to rejoice in it tomorrow.
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Pain is Your Megaphone
Pain is not only God’s megaphone to us; it is our megaphone to the world.
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself in 2022
I love taking time to reflect, and there’s no better built-in time for reflection than at the turning of a new year. Here are 5 questions I’m asking myself in 2022 that are leading me to reflect on God’s goodness and the work he’s doing in my life. As you ask yourself these questions, remember…
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From Worry to Gratefulness
The article below was written for my local newspaper, The Concord Monitor. Dread I used to dread fall. If I lived in some run-of-the-mill part of the country, you might shrug your shoulders or even agree with me. But how can a person live in New Hampshire and dread fall at the same time? Why…
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It Only Gets Worse: Hope for Hopeless Times
Just wait—it only gets worse. It’s a statement I’ve heard many times. I first remember hearing it when I became engaged. Always spoken by an unhappily married person, the comment usually went something like this: “You’re happy now, but give it a year or two. It only gets worse.” The comment became much more frequent,…
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“I’ve Always Been Angry. That’s Just the Way I Am.”
“I’ve Always Been Angry. That’s Just the Way I Am.” written by Angela Jeffcott You hear a crash from somewhere in the house followed by a suspicious silence. You race toward the sound and find a vase you rarely use smashed on the floor. Your guilty looking children are crouched nearby with a ball. Despite…
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Everybody Has Thoughts: lessons from my children
She was an older woman. Not very friendly looking at first glance. I drill the “don’t talk to strangers” lesson into my children but have also told them that it’s fine to talk if Mommy is right there with them. So they talked with her. When they weren’t around, she commented, “I never knew I…