Tag: faith
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Joy
Heads up! We’re traveling over the next 2 weeks, like so many others, for the holidays. So see you in 2025! The joy of Christmas brings on a completely new feeling as a parent watching your kid experience it. James was born on Dec 21st so, technically, this is his 3rd Christmas, but he was…
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Peace
A stillness. Absence of conflict, violence, and/or anxiety. Lack of persecution. Quietness. Freedom from fear. During the holiday season, peace can feel so far away. With crowded calendars, and important deadlines, the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas can feel anything, but peaceful. There is a hustle and bustle to this season that doesn’t exist…
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Hope
As I sit here today, my son and my husband, Matt, are both napping. The stomach flu came raging through this week and both of them ended up with it. Not sure how I escaped, maybe I’ve just had more recent exposure through my work in the schools? That being said. It’s been a wild…
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Thank you
As I said last week, I’ve been writing here for on full year. Although I’ve taken breaks here and there, I am so thrilled to have reached this milestone! For those of you I know and speak to regularly, thank you for all of your encouragement. I wouldn’t still be doing this without you. To…
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Happy Fall
Hello all, I’d probably struggle to choose a favorite season, but the longer I live in Kansas the more I’ve grown to love fall. In Kansas, fall is when the oppressive heat and humidity of summer disappear. Chiggers no longer threaten me for daring to step on the lawn. For me, that makes being outdoors…
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Love God & Your Neighbor
These are the penultimate commandments for Christians. There are so many references throughout scripture that tell us to love our neighbor. A few to check out: Leviticus 19:18, Mark 12:31-33, Romans 13:8-10. If you’ve been around the sun a more than a few times, you know that living it out poses its own sort of…
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Leave No Trace
I want to start with stating that I’m struggling to write about faith and creation care right now because of the craziness occurring in the USA political scene. Between the lies and violence and the way faith is being coopted for political gain, I’m struggling. It hurts my heart to see Christians standing with and…
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Imitate Christ
“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God” Ephesians 5:1-3 NLT This was my verse of the day today. Can I say it’s…
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
I hope you have been enjoying this series on songs of faith. This will be my last one although I realize there are many more songs I could include. Have you noticed that you are seeing more references to creation in the music you listen to? Last Sunday, we sang this song in church and…
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How Great Thou Art
No series on church music inspired by creation would be complete without pondering “How Great Thou Art”. A Google search to learn its history provides many variations of the story, but the summary is simple. The original poem was written in Swedish by Carl Boberg. His inspiration? Supposedly, in his own words, “It was in…
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