…so sometimes, God, we just don’t have the words. Sometimes we just have a soul that groans with unnamed sorrows. Wordless, unspeakable sorrows pushing their way to the surface like an ache that can’t be ignored. They wrestle their way around to being named, to being heard, to being part of a story we can tell- but the force of…
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The thing is, we’re all venturing out now, learning the new rules. Unsure which lane to swim in now that the pool looks so different. My husband and I went out to dinner the other night for the first time since mid-March (a little strange how the phrase mid-March means the same thing to all of us now, isn’t it?)….
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Sometimes we really need things hammered into our brains, don’t we? In Psalm 136, the phrase “His steadfast love endures forever” occurs 26 times. It’s repeated every other line in every single verse. Repetition beating like a thundering drum tapping out a message of stability, hope, and assurance. Forceful and tangible, it’s a phrase to grab hold of. The Psalm…
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We’ve all got pain points. Some memories, some experiences, they just stubbornly stick around don’t they? We’ve all got that spot that’s so very tender to the touch. It gets nudged and sure enough, the ache begins. Maybe it’s a past relationship, or a deep loss, or a memory you’d rather not remember. It’s the thing that in our weakest…
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Maybe you’ve been with your people a little too much lately? Or maybe you haven’t been able to see your people like you need to? Presence has been on everyone’s mind in different ways these days… It’s hard to feel present with all the noise, isn’t it? The noise down the hall, the noise on the screen, the noise in…
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