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when grief takes a backseat
There are losses that stop the world…and then, there are losses where the world keeps moving anyway. Children still need breakfast.The dog still needs out.Bills still need paid.Phones still ring.Laundry still piles up.Appointments still come.Dinner still needs made. Yet, somewhere in the middle of all of that, a heart breaks. This is the grief many…
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What Are Your Choices Being Shaped By?
Are Your Choices Being Shaped By What You Needed Then… or What You Need Now? There was a time in my life when I didn’t know the difference. Not between right and wrong.Not between good and bad. But between living from myself…and living from something deeper. I thought I had a good heart… and honestly,…
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When Leadership Comes Too Soon
The cost it carries for everyone involved There are things you only come to understand with time.Not theory.Not assumption.But lived, layered experience. And after decades of watching, serving, and at times being placed in positions I was not yet ready to carry… I can say this plainly: One of the quiet struggles within faith communities…
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I Just Thought I Was Good at Reading People
Compassion Doesn’t Cancel Impact—Even When It Wasn’t Intentional I didn’t grow up thinking anything was wrong. I just thought I was good at reading people. Good at knowing when to speak… and when not to.Good at sensing a shift before it became something bigger.Good at keeping things calm, steady, manageable. I didn’t have language for…
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People Can Be Their Own Best Friend… or Their Own Worst Enemy
People spend a lot of time dreaming. Dreaming about who they want to be.Where they want to be.What kind of life they hope to live. They think about the career, the peace, the confidence, the stability. The home they’d love to have. The person they wish they could become. Sometimes the dreams are big, sometimes…
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The Saturday In Between
We talk about Friday.We celebrate Sunday. But Saturday…Saturday is where most of us live. The pause.The breath held.The moment where nothing makes sense yet. I imagine that day wasn’t peaceful.I imagine it was a quiet wrestling. Faith on one side.Fear on the other. He was gone.They had seen it.They had felt it. And yet… they…
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Religion vs. Faith
The Difference Between Claiming… and Living There is a quiet confusion happening in present-day society. People often use religion and faith interchangeably — as if they mean the same thing.But they don’t.Not even close. And when we blur the two, we unintentionally create harm… especially for those who are searching, questioning, or newly walking in…
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Stop Shouting From the Hilltop
Faith From the Trenches We have to stop pointing and start placing our feet in someone else’s shoes. Because if we’re honest… one of the greatest hindrances to faith today is not what’s happening outside of it. It’s what’s happening within. I recently watched someone share a reflection about how people of faith can sometimes…
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When Support Is Surface-Level: Discernment in Relationships
My daughter and I were talking today about relationships — and more specifically, about how women sometimes relate to one another. Sadly, we both recognized something that many experience but few openly discuss: how unsupportive women can sometimes be toward each other. Too often, connections feel less like unity… and more like competition. Instead of…
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When Pain Is Real… But Behavior Still Matters
I came across a statement that made me stop: Just because your pain is understandable does not mean your behavior is acceptable. That’s not a harsh statement.It’s a clarifying one. Because pain is real.Pain deserves compassion.Pain deserves understanding. But pain does not remove responsibility for how we treat others. And that can be difficult to…
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