

Who's the Boss?
I am studying the temptation of Jesus in preparation for a Scarred Perspectives podcast . Obviously, I don’t want to get too deep into...
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Jul 27, 20253 min read


Hope & Faith
“I feel my hope shrinking, but my faith is not. I find myself more expectant of the worst-case scenario but fiercely protecting what I...
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Jul 14, 20254 min read


Fellowship and Suffering
My daughter loves music. There is a very specific playlist I played the whole time I was pregnant, and now when we’re having a rough day...
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Jun 23, 20253 min read


Who I am.
A Facebook friend posted a compilation video of the body toxicity we were fed in the early 2000’s – Nicole Richie being asked if she...
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Jun 3, 20253 min read
You've got a friend in me.
I have writer’s block. That’s what I like to tell myself, even though I know it’s not that at all. I have “writer’s block” because I...
melanie9770
Mar 14, 20253 min read


The horizontalizing of...wait, what?
Last month’s book of the month still has me chewing over some big points about our relationship with God. Today I want to talk about John...
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Jan 14, 20253 min read


Taming the Tongue
God is teaching me when to speak up and when to stay quiet. This is a difficult lesson for me – I have always been very upfront and...
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Dec 17, 20244 min read










