I was still a child the first time I thought I was ugly. My friend and I were in the church bathroom, standing in front of the mirror, shirts lifted up, comparing our bellybuttons…
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Gather round, little hens, and let me tell you a Bible story. A very long time ago, some people who wanted to follow God followed Him right into a terrible wilderness. They didn’t have…
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Two nights ago, we were having dinner with some new friends. After dinner, their just-turned-one-year-old baby boy kept reaching out toward the center of the dining room table, like he wanted something. There was…
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My dad is an introvert, and he is the loveliest kind of introvert there is. He is not an insecure introvert or an off-in-another-world introvert or an I-can’t-stand-people-everybody-get-away-from-me introvert. He is a fully present,…
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God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. {John 4:24, ESV} When I was in college, I took a sculpture class, and for my final assignment I…
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Have you ever watched one of those horrible hunting scenes where a deer is standing in a field of brown grass, someone shoots it, it goes down, and then it gets up and keeps…
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I’ve mentioned my lovely, wonderful church before, and let me just tell you. I love this place. I am…
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Ask me what is the most difficult thing about winter, specifically winter in Michigan, and I will tell you – the end of daylight savings time. The days are already getting shorter as it…
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I was sitting in Mr. Jeske’s Bible class, second hour, freshman year of high school. My classmate Stephen came in and said that an airplane had crashed into the World Trade Center and that…
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Hoo boy, have I got a story for you… You might recall from a previous post that I have some jaw issues. If you want to know all the medical details about what’s wrong…
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There is a young girl at my church whose name is Alison. She is eleven years old, though small for her age, and she wears glasses that usually slide down her nose and dresses…
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Last summer, I tried reading through the Bible in 90 days. I’ve never read through all of it in its entirety, and to be honest, 90 days is a bit less daunting for me…
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Early last week, I was feeling somewhat discouraged about Consider Grace. Even though I have gotten lots of Likes on Facebook recently, many of you have responded to my blog posts with comments (thank…
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I learned the. coolest. writing exercise tonight. And I truly think if you take 10 or 15 minutes to do it, you will have an amazing piece of writing when you are done. Really.…
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I did something a little nuts tonight. I went out with the girl I mentor, her best friend, and a friend of mine (the same friend who finds angel feathers in her kitchen) and…
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I can still remember the awful, burning anger I felt toward my professor, the tension in my guts between wanting to respect him and have an open mind and wanting to argue his logic…