Category: Guest posts
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This is Something You Can Do
Hayden is definitely busier than I am. With a sick husband, home schooling small children, and volunteering in our community, I could never ask her for help. Stephanie is so much cooler than I am. She’s a little older, much more put together, and has plenty of friends! She doesn’t really need me around. Leah…
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When finding community feels like shifting sand
The year was 2016. The wedding count by the end of it all was 9. How did I get invited to so many weddings?! To me, the invitation to a wedding also feels like a shift in how my community will look. People who were once part of my life, hanging out together, participating in Bible study,…
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The Motion of Sweet Change
There is no greater call for women than to teach what is good and encouraging to younger women in the community of family. Loving well, being self-controlled, pure, kind, and even submissive is a call to all women from God’s Word. Before this gets discarded as nonsense, please hear me out. I come to you…
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The Gift of Momentary Community: Seeking Intentional Faith-Friendship When It’s Not Forever
This post is for the wanderers, the expats, and those who find themselves in the in-between. You are welcomed here. Do you often feel tempted to skip out on community when it is temporary? I have found myself here especially when it comes to faith based community. For the past six years, I have been…
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The Gift of Christian Community to a Tired Mom
Motherhood shouldn’t be done alone. My eighteen-month-old son is bright, silly, playful, and has a cheerful personality. He is a snuggler, he actually enjoys putting toys away, helping me clean, and (to the joy of his Mama’s bibliophile heart) loves it when his father and I read to him. He is a sweet blessing for which…
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The Need for Christian Community for a Tired Mom
Motherhood is both the easiest and hardest thing I have ever done. It is beautiful and messy. It is sanctifying, humbling, and revealing of my selfishness, pride, and stubbornness. It has stretched me, in these eighteen months, far thinner than I thought possible. Yet, through God’s grace, nearness, provision, and faithfulness, it has pointed me towards…
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My Community or God’s Community?
What images does the term ‘community’ conjure up? I immediately think of my besties, my tribe, my sisters! The people that I love doing life with. But what if my concept of community isn’t in sync with God’s? Several years ago I was asked to lead a follow-up Bible study after a weekend women’s retreat. Four…
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Courageous Vulnerability
How do you interact with people? Do your habits tend to cultivate a safe community? I’ve been in the church community throughout my life, and I’ve usually found it easy to talk with people. Well, I’m somewhat shy, but if I feel like I can help someone then I tend to reach out a little…
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Masks Off
Have you ever answered the question “How are you?” with “Fine” or “Good” just to move past it, even though it seems like you are having the worst day of your life? I’ve shown up to a lot of prayer times with God and a bunch more church or small group times saying “I’m fine”…
Her Faith Thrives 