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Free Indeed (Blessings from an Unsuccessful Church Merger Part 1)
2023 brought many opportunities for our family to grow and change. One of the biggest opportunities was the sixth months our church spent in "conversation" with another local church about a potential church…
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In the Hands of the Master Builder: Faith Deconstruction (and Reconstruction)
Initially, my "deconstruction" may have started with dismantling and throwing out things I felt didn't fit the structure I was trying to build. Thankfully, and but by the grace of God, I quickly…
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I’m Invited to the Table of the Lord: The Lord’s Table & Hospitality
This understanding that I am accepted and personally invited to the Lord's Table (like I invite people to MY table) has given me such joy - such settled satisfaction - in participating in…
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Disentangling (and reclaiming) the hymns of the Lord’s Table
As my fingers have learned new accompaniments of hymns I've known from my childhood, my heart has been disentangling them from the meanings ascribed to them in legalistic environments. The words have washed…
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Corporate Celebration: The Lord’s Table and 1 Corinthians 11
Reframing the solemn ordinance and observance into the context of community, family, and corporate celebration was very new to me. It was also relieving to finally understand the social context of the social…
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Seven Words That Changed the Way I Viewed the Lord’s Table
Righteousness. Propitiation. Redemption. Imputation. Justification. Reconciliation. Regeneration. The Lord's Table is a pictorial manifestation of those seven words.
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A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women
My mom has been reading to me since I was born. So I called her up and asked her to take on the immense endeavor of narrating the first-ever (to my knowledge) King…
- Family, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Redemption Stories, Travel
Healed Wounds {Grandma’s Funeral & My Trip to My Ohio Hometown}
This is the moment everything up til this moment formed into this realization of healing. Because not once during the last few days had I been triggered. Not one hymn. Not one shudder…
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Compost piles, faith deconstruction, and Joshua Harris
Maybe you have looked up to people like Rachel Held Evans and Joshua Harris. I know that I did. Maybe their deconstruction stories have shaken your faith. Maybe you wonder if faith deconstruction is for…
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Spiritual warfare and special needs: “Remember who you battle.”
My counselor looked at me with a tilt of her sassy head and a half-smile and and said, "But girl, remember who you battle! You were riding high and Satan couldn't have that.…
