Brown Sugar Toast
writings from Christa Threlfall
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You Don’t Love the Church.
I was listening to a podcast of 2 Christian speakers when one of them popped the church question: “So, what’s your current relationship with the church?” the host asked. She was met with a quick, emphatic reply, “Oh, I love the church. Absolutely love it. I haven’t been there in years, but I love it.”…
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If I Could Change One Thing About Myself…
This post is one you might as well have ripped out from my journal… because it’s something personal God is doing in my life. Since I’m always encouraged to hear about God’s work in someone’s heart, I thought I’d share with the prayer that you’ll be spiritually encouraged. Several months ago, Jonathan and I had…
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Nothing is Wasted
Several months ago, my family watched a children’s movie together. As the final credits scrolled across the screen, my husband and I did what we typically do after movies: we dissected, critiqued, and discussed improvements that should have been made. This particular movie must have had an inexperienced director because there were several wasted scenes…
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3 Questions I Ask Before Pressing “Publish”
Today marks 7 years of blogging here at Brown Sugar Toast. 7 YEARS! In commemoration of this event, I’m going to share 3 questions I ask before pressing publish. I want you to know what my goals are for the writing in this space, rather than it seeming like a random assortment of posts. Whether I…
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9 Perfect Gifts for Your Valentine {Spouse}
I told my husband I was writing a post about perfect gifts for your valentine. His response? “I better go read that post!” But no, actually. Because the items below are not things I want, but rather things we already own and greatly enjoy. These are tried and true favorites we use during home date nights, road…
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Heart Check: 4 Questions to Gauge the State of Your Heart
I want to take practical measures to keep my heart tender towards God. One of those steps is the heart check below.
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3 Questions For the New Year (+ my goals for 2018)
Towards the end of 2017, I sat down with a long list of questions to answer. I only ended up getting through 3 of them, but those few questions have been so helpful as I’ve thought about the year ahead. In case you enjoy thinking intentionally about the upcoming months, I thought I’d share these…
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Interview with Melissa Kruger :: Dwelling Richly
The following interview is part of the Dwelling Richly series, an interview series focused on studying the Bible. To read more interviews from this series and view all contributors, visit the Dwelling Richly page here. “Time with Jesus is simply something I must have . . . or I will be useless.” I have…
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My 5 Favorite Books of 2017
2017 was a profitable year for reading. I read a bit over 35 books including both fiction and non-fiction works. A person has said that the definition of a good book is one you read when you need to read it. I suppose that could be said about the following five titles. I chose these…
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Chick-fil-a, Conversations, & Christ
Last Friday, my kids and I headed to Chick-fil-a to meet friends for lunch. While we were there, I saw the owner and introduced my kids to the man who had been my very first boss. He kindly offered to get ice cream for the kids. While he was gone, Nate looked up at me and…
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3 Things I Learned During My Social Media Absence
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve taken an intentional break from social media. The reason I pulled away was two-fold: 1. I knew I loved it too much. 2. I recently read a book that suggested the two-week period. Today, I’ll share 3 things I learned during my social media absence:
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Addicted to Social Media: a daily journal of my 2 week social media break
Two weeks ago, I deleted social media apps from my phone and banned myself from accessing them in any way over a period of 14 days. Because my purpose for this break was to develop my mind and heart, I decided to keep a daily journal specifically chronicling my struggles related to social media abstinence.…
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