Tag: spirituality
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A Spiritual Retreat Day
“To know God’s will is to actively claim an intimate relationship with God” – Henri Nouwen in Invitation to Retreat I am blessed to work at a Christian university where we can take a spiritual retreat day once a semester. My boss was out of town recently for a conference, so it was a good…
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Jesus Desires Presence Over Production
In this new season, God is showing me he is more concerned about my relationship with Him and who I am becoming rather than what I do. I had been running the race of full-time vocational children’s ministry for over twenty years. For thirteen of those years, I was working full time while juggling motherhood. …
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Abide in Me
“By relinquishing normal patterns of human striving and hard work, we can become aware of the vacuum we keep trying to fill by doing stuff and achieving things.” – Dallas Willard Have you ever found yourself striving to get things done no matter the cost? I have. I was raised with a strong work ethic.…
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Psalm 138| Faithfulness
This is from my blog post from May 4, 2020. Hey friends! Thanks for joining me today. I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I was happy to get some flowers and some herbs for our patio! Something else that was fun… My daughter’s future mother-in-law and I hosted a Pampered Chef virtual bridal shower…
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How to Eliminate Hurry
I was listening to The Ziglar Show Podcast with Kevin Miller the other day while on my daily walk. Miller interviewed John Mark Comer about his recent book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. Comer was leading a megachurch that was running six services each Sunday in the Portland, Oregon area. He was finding himself burnt…
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Reset—COVID-19
“Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and…
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Be Still
“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” Psalm 46:10 In this busy, chaotic world, our tendency is to put off everything that remotely to do with stillness. We don’t have time to “be still” or to rest. We are working…
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Can God Enlarge Souls Through Loss?
This question came out of my Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Devotional this morning. As I sat in the stillness of the morning pondering this question, I realized how much God has expanded the territory of my soul this past year. I’ve had some rough years. In the last four years, my husband and I had two…