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Seeking Advent Joy + a few simple resources to help
I can feel it even now. The busyness creeping in as my day planner pages run out: Christmas plays, parties, the gift lists I need to make, the pretty new wreath I imagine for my front door to let...
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Merry Christmas from Mary
Hello friends!Thank you so much for following along this past year! I am fully enjoying rest mode this month: we are putting together puzzles and watching Christmas movies, and have already had two...
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Marked safe in this new year + a "safe" phone screensaver
Occasionally, Facebook will let me know that a friend has marked his or herself "safe" after an earthquake, a terrorist attack, or a hurricane. As we face a new year, can I encourage to mark yourself...
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The personal growth strategy that always fails + Romans 8:1 Bible coloring...
A few days after Christmas, my daughter put a leftover cinnamon roll in the microwave, set the timer for four minutes, and walked away. A few minutes later, as the cinnamon roll began to char, I...
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Paint with me! Spring floral tutorial + printable template
It's been SO cold here in Virginia this last week, so today I'm dreaming of sun and Spring flowers as I sit under my sun lamp trying to make up for my lack of Vitamin D (and general sense of joy).Do...
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God's goal for you + James 1:4 screensaver in English and Spanish
I don't know the season you're facing today. When it's not one thing, it's another, right? Waiting. Despairing. Doubting. All the various kinds of suffering possible, and there are many. The gospel...
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Tuning my heart
Come, Thou Fount of every blessingTune my heart to sing Thy graceStreams of mercy, never ceasingCall for songs of loudest praiseTeach me some melodious sonnetSung by flaming tongues abovePraise the...
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Lent & Easter Resources for your family
Do you celebrate Lent with your church family? Our church is Protestant but loosely adopts some of the church calendar, so we celebrate Advent in anticipation of Christmas and Lent in anticipation of,...
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Bands of love Screensaver + a poem
"I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them." (Hosea 11:4 ESV)sometimes I feelI'm...
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The gaps between knowing and believing + 1 John 4:16 Coloring Page in English...
I have these gaps . . . between what I know and what I, in fact, believeDoes God even like me? . . . Am I not justified in judging this person?between what I know and what I doWhy do I let anger get...
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Broken for you 1 Corinthians 11:24 phone screensaver in Spanish and English
As some of us celebrate Lent and as Easter Sunday approaches, I want to meditate on a few verses and share a screensaver image for your phone."For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you,...
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Let's talk about anti-racism: an introduction and an invitation
Today on the blog, things are a little different! I'm jumping into a new series that I've long wanted to write about, but instead of just writing it out in the safety of my thoughts, I felt God urging...
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Let's talk about anti-racism: things I never understood (Part 1) + Acts 17:26...
I hope you were able to watch the video of my introduction to this new series on anti-racism in my last post. I've been doing a lot of reading and writing to prepare for these next few posts on the...
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Hear, that your soul may live + Isaiah 55:3 Screensaver
One practice that has been helpful in my spiritual life in the past few years is to increasingly pause in the multitude of my thoughts and anxieties, and ask, "God, what do you want to say to me right...
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Let's talk about anti-racism: four things I never understood about racism...
This is part two of my series about things I never understood about racism. You can read part one here or watch the introduction to the whole series here. My anti-racism resource page is also up and...
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Today was the last day of school for my girls! They've both grown so much this year, and now I'm excited to spend the summer going to the city pool and being off our routine. I also plan to work on a...
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The house of mourning + Psalm 16:2 Screensaver in English and Spanish
My sweet neighbor and friend, Lila, died from complications from lung cancer this week. She was in her late seventies. She read this blog, encouraged me, and told me stories about her life and her...
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The God who helps + Psalm 54:4 Phone Screensaver in English and Spanish
There are moments when all of us feel alone and forsaken, burdened "beyond our ability to endure" (2 Corinthians 1:8). Life can feel like way too much fo us. We cry out with the Psalmist:"Be not far...
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Let's talk about anti-racism: four things I never understood about racism...
This post is the third in a series I've been writing about things I never understood about racism. You can read the previous posts here and check out the anti-racism resource page for further...
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Prepare Him Room: Advent & Christmas Resources for your Family
Advent starts this coming Sunday, and friends, I'm not ready. My mind is in a million places.But you know what? That is exactly why the church celebrates seasons--to prepare Him room. To orient our...
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My four best tips for framing and displaying your artwork
If you've been to my house or follow my Instagram feed, you probably know that having art on my walls is important to me. Art brings such joy to my home, so I'd love to share with you my best tips for...
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a prayer for the new year + The Lord's Prayer Coloring Page and Screensaver...
I've been wanting to share a printable of the Lord's Prayer with you and with my own children for a while now, and here it is! It seems so very appropriate to share it now as we welcome a new year with...
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Paint with me Watercolor Tutorial with Vintage Bird Template
My son joined me for a simple little tutorial today! One of my favorite paintings in the home is a watercolor sketch I did on a page from a book about blackbirds (pictured below). I thought this would...
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Plant Peace James 3:17-18 Coloring page and Screensaver
I've been thinking on these verses for months now. They nudge me, convict me, and give me a vision for how to navigate a divisive political and religious landscape here in the US, a landscape that...
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Special Guest Feature: Marcie Walker on History, Healing, and Faith
I am so thrilled to share with you one of my favorite online friends, Marcie Walker. She's a blogger, a writer, a poet, an incredible Instagrammer, a teacher, and a peacemaker. Marcie blogs at Black...
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