Today retired pastor Amanda Diekman reminds us that God meets us with His perfect grace, even in our hardest moments. Guest Post by Amanda Diekman: Lent is a holy season for parents of challenging kids.  Parenting has not gone the way I expected. I had three boys in four years, each with very challenging and particular needs. We swim in…
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The butterfly brooch glinted in the afternoon sunlight; the parted wings glittering in shades of deep plum, violet, and Gaudete rose. It was a fitting piece of jewelry for the season and the occasion. It matched the royal purple of the paraments on the altar and the swath of linen-draped upon the wooden cross. It coordinated perfectly with the indigo…
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Click here to listen to Amanda read this post: I wonder if it really was a silent night? When Mary’s belly clenched and there wasn’t a room and Joseph’s desperate heart lurched- looking for somewhere, anywhere, to lay His wife down. Because she was about to bring forth the Miracle the whole world had longed for, prayed for, waited for,…
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Brittany Tinsley is committed to being tenderly vulnerable about her own journey with self-injury, something many of us with traumatic experiences have struggled with. She reminds us of the value of self-compassion and that we don’t have to match the stride of our healing to anything other than our own pace. Guest blog by Brittany Tinsley- “I’ve been good for…
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