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Love for the Hurting ~ Advent Four
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
Joy for the hurting. Joy……for the hurting…. Joy. 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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Tagged Advent, grief, Hope, Joy, Joy Candle, Joy is here, loss, loss of child, Pain
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Peace for the Hurting ~ Advent Two
A couple of years ago the vicar and I spent a cold and snowy December weekend at Yosemite National Park. We arrived late in the evening on a starless night that was very, very dark. I’m not speechless very often … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas, Hope, Jesus, Pain, Peace, Sleeping Baby, Sorrow, Yosemite, You are not alone
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Hope for the Hurting ~ Advent One
There are times when you know something makes no sense – that you can’t possibly – that there is absolutely no time – that it wouldn’t be up to your standards – that (fill in whatever excuse handed to God … Continue reading
Giving Up Fear
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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Tagged 40 days of faith, Dare to believe, faith, faith over fear, fear, grief, healing, Hope, lent, loss, mercy, mourning, not alone, steps to healing
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Foggy Days
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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Tagged Dare to believe, Fog, God is faithful, God is love, God's faithfulness, grief, healing, Hope, journey, loss, mercy, mourning, Paths, steps to healing, Tule fog
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The Thing About New Years
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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Tagged Dare to believe, faith, God is good to me, grief, healing, Hope, journey, loss, New year, Opening hearts
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