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As an avid reader, poet, and a woman with two degrees in English and literature, I’ve long been a lover of words. Here are a few on my mind lately.

Butterflies and Blooming

Last week, I finally, after months and months of wondering, started seeing wings. Through both my work with the church and a local...

High Stakes

We were in a meeting, brainstorming about teaching topics for different sermon series for 2024. We want them gospel-centered. We want...

Epiphany

Today we took down all our Christmas decorations and it feels like I have my house back! There's something so festive about putting up...

Of Simeon and Waiting on Words

Advent means 'coming,' and He did, in the end. But for hundreds of years, the Israelites were just...waiting. Words had been spoken -...

Dirty

Years ago, someone prayed over me, in power - "you were made for the trenches," she said. Then, I knew it to be true. I had been a...

Fish and Sheep

Peter is a man after my own heart. I just love his boldness. He was always just himself. I admire and, dare I say, am a little jealous at...

Good Gifts

The Lord is so undeniably good. He is so carefully invested in every area and detail of our lives. And not only is He good, He wants and...

Egypt

Slavery is a catch 22. Awful, oppressive, harsh, bitter. Who would want to stay that way? But here's the funny thing: our ancestors of...

Freedom

I don't remember when I first heard about this, but whenever a caterpillar goes through the metamorphosis of turning into a butterfly,...

Chaotic Waters

Genesis 1 starts off with nothingness. "The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was...

A Feast Before Me

"The Lord is my Shepherd; I have all that I need... You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies." (Psalm 23:1, 5) When I'm...

Open Your Mouth Wide

This post is months in the making. And I know I've still not fully gleaned all that the Lord is wanting to show me through it. But this...

Green Room Prayers

-for my three Encounter bros Prayers in the green room hit different when light is about to shine, when light is about to hit hard, when...

Week 7

My Sunday morning Bible study girls and I have gone almost seven weeks through the book of John. I sit here at my kitchen table, reading...

Worship

In Genesis 22, it says that God gave Abraham a test. This intrigues me. Hadn't Abraham already done so much? Hadn't he left Er, saw the...

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