I look for God and write about God and talk about God. Always with wonder. Never like a jerk.
Round Rock, TX
Joined June 2009
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My daughter: Why do you love me?
Me: Because God told me too.
That was not the answer my precious #enneagram3 wanted.
How to see God--advice from a nature guide. Plus, sloth pics.
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My friend @Rebecca_Allison has a poem featured in this (p. 67). Honestly, this poem is kind of epic, and I'm still working to understand it. But isn't that the great joy of poems? They're like boots: give them time, wear them in.
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Missed the opening session of #drive19 because of a flat tire! What about doing the whole thing again? #drivewish Props to our lead minister @JustinGerhardt for getting his hands (and pants) dirty!
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We don't have to let our mood (or spiritual maturity) rise and fall on the unpredictable behaviors and attitudes of others. With the fullness of God in us, we are free to let humans be humans - fickle and fragile and forgetful.
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If these words never occur to us - “I may be wrong about __________” - it’s a pretty sure bet we’ve got ourselves confused with God.
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It's the shortest day of the year. It is the darkest day. In the tiniest of increments, we start getting more light tomorrow, friends. And there is so much hope in that to me.
Tomorrow, there will be more light.
2 kinds of Christians: 1. Those who pretend we never do anything wrong 2. Those who ignore that we’re doing anything right. Let’s find a third way.
And what is eternal life? It is knowing You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. (John 17:3)
I’m sure I am regularly disappointing people. That’s hard to live with. And also completely inevitable.
Side note: This is a new position for me, but one I think matters. Women need to be heard and seen by their leaders, and most church leaders are men.
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Just heard a story of a group of 80yr olds who intentionally moved into the same nursing home to plant a church and live life on mission. That's how you finish strong.
A humble person is one who accepts the paradox of being both great AND small. @knorriseyt