It wouldn’t take knowing me very long to know that I’m a huge University of Kentucky fan. I was born in Lexington, and I’ve got some couch-burning blue blood in my veins! Lately, I’ve had the good fortune to attend two UK athletic events- one basketball and one football. A few weeks ago, I got to see them play basketball against Mount St. Mary’s University. And yes, I was among the many fans in attendance Googling this college on our way into Rupp Arena to find out who the heck they are. Turns out it’s a private Catholic school in Maryland. Watching a game at Rupp is just magical. There…
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Love Is What? Re-examining The ‘Love Chapter‘
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” You’ve probably heard these words many times. And a good percentage of those times, you were all dressed up for a wedding ceremony. It’s the famous ‘love chapter’ found in 1 Corinthians 13. The chapter that graphically describes loveless actions as useless as a sounding gong. Accomplishing nothing but lots of noise. Yet as popular as this passage it, I recently discovered something that totally changed how I viewed it. I was prepping for our weekly life group, where we are talking about spiritual gifts. We are figuring out how we’ve been…
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Journey Back Out: Fighting Against The Enemy’s Lies
I’m taking a different route today. Lately I’ve been sharing with you all the stuff I’ve been learning about the Bible and the nature of God. My time with Jesus has been so rich that I just had to share it! Which is why this took me by surprise. This sense of despair and angst. Nothing was going horribly wrong, but I found myself not being able to cope with the normal stresses of life. Again. I’ve written before about my first real fight with depression, and how, by God’s grace, I was able to come out of that. “But this shouldn’t happen again.” “You know what the issue is…
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Redefining Freedom: Walking In The Spirit
I’d embarked on a project. It started out simple- change the bed spread to spruce up the bedroom. But it quickly turned into moving furniture and cleaning out closets. So here I was on a Tuesday evening, bustin’ my butt and jamming to the 90’s hits station on satellite radio as motivation to finish what I’d started. I was probably throwing in some dance moves that no one, not even my husband, have ever been privy to! We have a dry erase canvas that I normally keep a Bible verse on, and figured it needed updating. I chose a verse that Brandon and I had been talking about a lot…
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When You Can’t Fly: Learning To Meet People Where They Are
It was a beautiful Monday evening, as I headed outside for one of my favorite evening chores- watering my garden. There’s something about standing in the peaceful sunset moments and listening to the water sprinkle over the plants. It’s quiet. And no matter how hectic the day’s been, I can just be still for a minute. As I approached the garden, I jumped back with a start at some movement in the dirt. I stepped closer again to see if it was a snake or mole. I was slightly relieved to see it was just a bird….a small bird, his head just swiveling around. He was kind of cute, so…
