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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    The Lifegiving Table: A Venture into Hospitality & Table Discipleship

    / December 17, 2022 / 0 Comments

    "All table-talk discussions, love given, and beauty cultivated at our table are for the purpose of making real our Savior and calling those who share life with us to serve Him their whole…

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  • Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Friendship & Community,  Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Little Brother,  Motherhood,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Confessions of a reluctant swim team mom

    / September 4, 2022 / 0 Comments

    So, here's a few things that I learned and enjoyed about being a swim team mom (albeit, a reluctant one). Our family is resilient and has grown in our capabilities. As we progressed…

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    5 Practical Tips for Successful (and Joyful!) Playdates with a Special Needs Child

    / October 27, 2014 / 5 Comments

    The world is a big, uncertain place for all little ones, and forming friendships with families of all kinds helps prepare them for it!

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  • Friendship & Community,  Special Needs Parenting

    Community in the Midst of Special Needs

    / October 24, 2014 / 4 Comments

    What if in building your walls of protection and barricading hearts you shut out the ones who just might actually want to stay? Community is a two way street. If you don’t let…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Special Needs Parenting

    Special needs and community: how walls are built

    / October 21, 2014 / 4 Comments

    Before bridges can be built, walls must be torn down. And before walls can be torn down, walls must be understood.

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  • Allume 2013

    She made time for me {takeaways from #allume}

    / October 28, 2013 / 6 Comments

    And then she knelt down next to me, asked me questions, and got to know me as well as anyone can in a ten-minute conversation. I felt understood and noticed and cared for.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    What to do when your church isn’t meeting your needs

    / July 25, 2013 / 27 Comments

    I'm asking you to focus less on the problem and consider the possibility you could in fact be part of the solution.

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