Recently I had the privilege of attending the last day of Christy Wright’s Business Boutique here in Nashville. When a friend couldn’t go, she graciously suggested for me to go in her place. I had never even heard of this event, but the way it was described to me, it sounded pretty awesome.
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Birthdays. Aren’t they just the best? Whether you’ve got a big celebration or spend it alone, you wake up knowing this is your day. God put you on the Earth on this date and you’re gonna try to have the best day possible. Maybe you treat yo’ self like Tom and Donna from parks and
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Guys I’m gonna be honest, I was going to just can the whole “Christmas themed” blog post and maybe write something different or recycle an old post. BUT THEN I heard a couple of great lessons over the last couple of weeks at my church and had some additional thoughts and it made me even
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Last week Advent started. I was super pumped to get into my She Reads Truth Advent Study. If you’re not familiar with Advent (like I was not growing up) it simply means, the arrival of something important. In Christian culture, it is the arrival of Jesus, and also the second arrival we are still waiting for.
When God Makes a Promise Read More »
The Yeah Buts. You know what I’m talking about. Especially if you are a parent or a teacher, you know. “Johnny, did you take Sally’s toy?” and the response usually starts with “yeah, but…” or “kids! stop fighting” and the response “yeah, but she/he started it.” Or “clean your room” – “But, Mom!!” We’ve all
A month ago I was driving to work on a dreary Monday morning – stereotypical, straight from a movie, Monday morning. I was half asleep, coming up to the red brake lights of traffic, and it started to drizzle. My negative self was ON A ROLL.
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Thanksgiving, gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness, responsiveness, praise, appreciativeness. Whatever you want to call it, Thanksgiving is here. It is important. There is a reason everyone (including me) is pulling out the gratitude posts this month.
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This is an excerpt from my prayer journal and my heart, it is my goal to be completely transparent with you, knowing that several of you are feeling the same things as me.
A Morning Prayer of Uncertainty Read More »
“There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain.” This has easily become one of my favorite worship songs recently. I mean… I tear up almost every time we sing it at church. It’s become my personal anthem for difficult times, which if I’m being honest, seem to hit me at some point every day.
A few weeks ago the following topic reached it’s breaking point for me and I knew I needed to write something. So let’s be honest for a second, or a few minutes here. This is important and I need your attention. We as women (some men, but I’m really strongly speaking to the women) are
