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Continue reading →: For the ChalliesYesterday while scrolling through Twitter I read the heartbreaking news from Tim Challies about the loss of his son. Along with many other bloggers today who have been encouraged by Tim, I am praying for Tim and his family. Father, hear our cries for the Challies. Surround them. Hold them…
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Continue reading →: What’s your hope?Despair. That’s the word that comes to mind when I hear the news stories of late. This morning, while I was getting ready to go to church, my husband sat at the kitchen table shaking his head. The news story about the two L.A. police officers, shot while they sat…
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Continue reading →: What motherhood was meant forIt was never intended for you to be mine Only that my womb would be the secret place where you were knit Only that my body would bear the pain that gave you breath. It was never meant that I would get to keep you close Only that my days…
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Continue reading →: Christians- get close. Stop idolizing and breaking others. Start serving them.On May 27th, the New York Times published the 100,000 names of people who died from Coronavirus. If you scroll down the screen of the online piece, you’ll see the images of humans scattered sparsley at first, then densly as time moves forward. Next to many of these human icons…
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Continue reading →: The 4th with a plagueIt’s 110 degrees there’s a significant wind moving the leaves of our sissoos and elms. From the window outside looks inviting I’m tired of being inside tired of air conditioning and my couch I want to feel some heat, some breeze something Watermelon that’s what I want I’ll go get…
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Continue reading →: Enjoy your 4th of July BBQ, but don’t swallow the bonesThis weekend me, my friends and neighbors are going to BBQ and blow up things. My social media feed will be full of American flags and Happy Independence Day GIF’s and memes. I enjoy a good 4th of July celebration. Fireworks are nostalgia for me. Growing up in a small…
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Continue reading →: From a hospital nurse: We need to treat the community like a hospital right nowI don’t work in a Covid unit. I don’t have to wear an N-95 mask all day. But I do work in a hospital full of very sick people with rapidly increasing numbers of people with Covid 19. This month a friend, and church member died from Covid 19. At…
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Continue reading →: What this Christian white girl is learning as I listenIm listening. I’m learning. I’m learning that the heroes of my American Christianity held out the gospel with one hand and the chains of their slaves with the other. I’m learning that the history I’ve been taught has left out a lot. As a result, I have believed a whitewashed…
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Continue reading →: Suffocate DeathLord, it’s too much Too much evil Too much death Too much weight Weight my chest can’t bear I know you say, “Bring it here” But when I try I can’t lift it I can’t speak it It can’t stay this way I don’t know how to Open my mouth…
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Continue reading →: On vacation while the world burnsPhoto cred AZcentral.com I am so torn tonight. I’m on vacation, watching the world burn on Twitter and Facebook. The vile speech, the violence, the defensiveness and accusations… it’s breaking my heart. I want my sons to be compassionate. I want my husband to be safe. I want my black…
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