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Just Show Up
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52 LENTS
Shannon Carr
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April 8, 2026
I’ve lived through fifty-two Lenten seasons, and now that we are celebrating Easter, I am taking some time to look back and reflect. The first...
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LOVE IS COMPLICATED
Shannon Carr
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February 11, 2026
Love is complicated. One of my favorite Bible verses - often read at weddings (and yes, I’ve read it more than once at a few...
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START OF HOPE
Shannon Carr
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January 14, 2026
A new year always arrives with a quiet invitation. It asks us to pause, reflect, and look ahead with a mix of hope and...
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QUIET HIDDEN GIFT OF ADVENT
Shannon Carr
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December 10, 2025
We’ve entered into the Advent season, and it never fails: every single year, God brings me back to the same lesson of patience and...
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WHEN OUR GROWN CHILDREN STILL NEED US
Shannon Carr
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November 12, 2025
This past week, my son lost his beloved dog, Koda. She was only seven years old, but in those seven years she had become...
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DEADLY TEPIDNESS
Shannon Carr
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October 15, 2025
When I look back on my years of motherhood, there were countless days that felt like an endless cycle of taxiing kids from one...
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LOVE CAN HEAL THE HURTS
Shannon Carr
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September 17, 2025
I want to revisit a blog post I wrote awhile back, because it feels timeless, especially now, during Mental Health Awareness month. Scrolling through social...
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GOD NEEDS YOU
Shannon Carr
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August 20, 2025
Many moons ago, I was a youth minister. I’ll never forget the moment of my re-conversion in my late twenties. I told God, “If You...
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REMEMBER WHEN?
Shannon Carr
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July 23, 2025
Remember when:You’d spend a long day at the lake with your family—learning to ski, battling to see who could hold on longest to the...
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