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What our neglected yard is teaching me about my faith and spiritual growth
When we moved into our new home in April, we were totally in love with the fenced-in yard on a corner lot that came with it. Three massive oaks line the front yard…
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A Messy Prayer in the Wake of the Nashville Statement
In the wee hours of the morning, I had an incredible dream. I feel like it so deeply depicts my heart in this current political and religious climate, especially this week after the…
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Face to Face: A Messy Tribute to the Place I First Met God
If you have ever been on my blog before, you probably know that I feel like I have a complicated “faith story.” (If you are new to my blog, you might want to…
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How God Led Us to Our Church Home & 6 Reasons We’ve Stayed
It was two years ago today, on July 19, 2015, that we stepped into Grace Bible Church for the first time. I remember the date quite vividly because it was a series of…
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Stepping Stones to Grace: There Are No Wasted Church Experiences
In my last post, I talked about Church XYZ – a church we thought would be our church home, but ended up being a less-than-ideal fit for our family. I think that I…
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Stained Glass Masquerade: 6 Reasons We Left Our Church
To continue on telling the story of how a recovering legalist moves forward in faith, I must share the steps (and missteps) that our family taken in regard to church. What I will…
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Grace for the angry recovering legalist: this is where the healing begins
In 2013, I spent 2 1/2 months pouring my hurt and angry heart out on screen, bleeding through the painful 7-year history spanning from the time I left for college at the age…
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Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
A few weeks ago a fellow faith blogger asked me to write a guest blog for her some time about my faith journey. “I’m particularly interested in your journey to finding Jesus…how grace has…
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My Broken Hallelujah: Thoughts on the Last Day of Kindergarten
It was 2014 and I was (once again) driving to the Christian preschool my son was attending to deal with a disciplinary issue. Once again taking time out of my respite because he…
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Easter Grace: how God shows up in jelly beans and covers my mistakes
But that's where God's grace steps in. Because God doesn't need us to bring our A game. He just needs us to show up. Sometimes, He shows up in jelly beans. Sometimes, that…
