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Advent Week 4 ~ More Love for the Hurting

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Shellie Warren

I’ve been looking forward to this Sunday in the Advent season. Today we focus our minds and hearts on love. It seems like reflecting on the love of God through Jesus is its own little wrapped gift after working through … Continue reading →

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Advent Week 3 ~ More Joy for the Hurting

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Shellie Warren

This morning in church as I looked out over the congregation singing “Joy to the World”, I was struck by the number of people who are in very hard places. Many have lost loved ones this past year, some very … Continue reading →

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Advent Week 2 ~ More Peace for the Hurting

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Shellie Warren

When our first child was a baby, he was what you might call a “good sleeper”, meaning he fell asleep with little encouragement and then usually slept through the night. And not only was he a good sleeper, (and perhaps … Continue reading →

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Advent Week 1 ~ More Hope for the Hurting

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Shellie Warren

Today is the first Sunday in the 2022 Advent season, and I was blessed to spend a portion of it in a place of worship that has become home and with people whom I love. I watched as my pastor/husband … Continue reading →

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Love for the Hurting ~ Advent Four

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Shellie Warren

And just like that….it’s Christmas Eve! Before we know it the decorations that were put up only weeks or days ago (or in my case, yesterday!) will be wrapped up and packed away for another year. But while we’re still … Continue reading →

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Joy for the Hurting ~ Advent Three

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Shellie Warren

Joy for the hurting. Joy……for the hurting….  Joy…. Um…seriously? Hardly seems fair, does it? And trust me, I can feel you across the bits and pixels and bytes (I have no idea what those things are – they just sound … Continue reading →

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Giving Up Fear

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Shellie Warren

Tonight marks the fourth of the forty days before Easter commonly referred to as “Lent.”  And I’m not writing a daily Lenten blog….and that feels….strange. I first began the blog site discoverlentwithme.com in 2012 in response to a challenge from … Continue reading →

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Foggy Days

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Shellie Warren

It was a foggy day.  Like, an official “school starts three hours late and no busses run because of zero visibility” kind of foggy day.  There were pile-ups on multiple highways and late arrivals all around as people tried to … Continue reading →

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The Thing About New Years

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Shellie Warren

  Anyone who knows me well will vouch for the fact that I’m an obsessive “lister.”  I make to-do lists….shopping lists….wish lists….goal lists….basically, if it can be put on paper I’ll find a way to categorize, prioritize and organize it … Continue reading →

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Advent Week 4 ~Love (Christmas, Actually)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Shellie Warren

  Love                                                                                                                              Today is December 25th – Christmas – and though I am all of five days past the official fourth Sunday in the Advent season, I just couldn’t bring myself to not close the circle with some thoughts … Continue reading →

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