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NURTURING IN EVERY SEASON

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May is the month of our Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, a time that naturally draws our hearts toward motherhood, nurturing, and all the quiet...
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52 LENTS

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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