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She Told Me, “This Book Is Going to Make You
Trust Jesus More”

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What God Wants For Us When We Pray

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When the Holidays Put You in a . . . Squeeze

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When Buying “All The Things” Is
a Matter of the Heart and Soul

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If Life Doesn’t Look like What You Hoped For

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Five Truths to Ease the Changing Season of Friendships

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What You Just Can’t Do on Social Media

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High-waisted Jeans and
Emotional Muffin Tops

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My Early Morning Sisterhood

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Three Ways to Foster Community at Work

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Praying for All of Us

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Why My Unanswered Prayers
Convinced Me To Pray

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Mothering Is . . .

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One Thing I Desire

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The Powerful Intersection of God’s Plans and Your Dreams

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When You Tell God You
Don’t Want To Live Anymore

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Learning Not to Judge But to Hear
My Neighbor’s Story

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When You’re in the Presence of Grief

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The Four Words That Will Free You
From Needing Their Approval

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When Your Slip Is Showing

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Today's Post

Our Christmas Favorites (and a Giveaway!)

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Deck the halls . . . Jingle bells . . . Oh come, all ye faithful . . . As the stores and our calendars are telling us, Christmas is right around the corner. We know you have a lot yet to do — cookies to bake, cards to write (and mail!), gifts to wrap, carols to sing, friends to see — so it's a good thing there are still a couple of days to find meaningful and beautiful gifts for the special people in your lives! This is the last weekend to order from DaySpring.com with regular shipping and receive your order before Christmas. As a Merry Christmas from our hearts to yours, we ...

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Listen to The Stories That
Surround Your Making

by in:Connection

I can’t remember a day in my house of upbringing without a rice cooker sitting proud amidst all of the lesser appliances in our kitchen. Day after day, it poured steam from its lid while it popped hard short grain rice into perfect white pillows. It was always toiling. We had rice with almost every dinner, no matter what kind of dinner it was, even spaghetti. And sometimes, after school, my mom mixed me a bowl of hot rice and butter. To this day, I would say it’s hands down better than ...

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She Told Me, “This Book Is Going to Make You
Trust Jesus More”

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My friend and mentor, Moira, let me borrow the book Hinds’ Feet on High Places last year. “This book is going to make you trust Jesus more,” she said. I was skeptical. I held her well-worn copy of the allegory in my hands, a watercolor illustration of a deer on the purple cover. How could a story about a fearful, crippled animal move me toward trusting Jesus more? “Sometimes you remind me of little Much-Afraid,” Moira said softly. “Just give this book a chance. Read it, but read it ...

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Christmas Mourning

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This holiday season, I will pack up my family of six and caravan with my sister and her family of equal size to the house that first defined home for us both. We will travel across state lines to gather with generations and celebrate one last holiday season within the walls that sheltered us all as we grew. My mom’s plans for retirement mean that soon the house will be sold and she will travel north to be near her daughters — well, honestly, to be near her grandbabies. I am looking forward to ...

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