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Being You (with an invitation)
As Abbi already expressed, Valentine’s Day can stir up a lot of emotions. As the day approaches, people usually fall into two camps—those excited about Valentine’s Day and those dreading it. I know some people are indifferent, but these are the two reactions I’ve seen most often. When I was 18, I was engaged to…
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L-0-V-E
When you hear the word love, what do you think of first? Maybe a dozen red roses, a romantic date, a sweet love note from a special someone, or a wedding that celebrates two people becoming one. I think of the song “L-O-V-E”, I am sure you have heard it. L is for the way…
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Simply Love
Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do you like Valentine’s Day? I’ve never really celebrated Valentine’s Day, except for back in elementary school when you would decorate those shoeboxes and put in those little Valentine’s Day cards with sweetarts taped to them in your classmates’ boxes. In college and adulthood, I never had a boyfriend or…
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No Greater Love
Nothing compares to God’s love. It’s unbelievable, unfathomable— more than we could ever comprehend. It’s hard for me to put words to God’s love because it’s unlike anything else. Jesus talked a lot about love during His ministry on earth, but even more than talking about it, He demonstrated it. He created it. He is…
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Love Is…
One thing that differentiates our God from other (read, false) gods is His unconditional love. God is love and He is the ultimate example of love that we should imitate, to an extent, in our own lives. This week, we are talking about the root of love, which is God. There are so many verses…
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In the Rattlin’ Bog
My Amazon Music algorithm had me listening to Irish folk songs. One is The Rattlin Bog. It is similar to the camp song “Green Grass Grew All Round” where it begins with singing about a hole in the ground and in that hole was a tree and in that tree was a limb and on…
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Post-Election… Now, What?
Whew. It’s been a week. How are you feeling? Whether you felt celebratory or felt defeated, I bet you are exhausted. This election season has been a hard one and this writing piece is equally as hard. I decided I have two choices: One, tell exactly how I feel. Or two, be a source of…
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Practicing Unity
Do you like smooth or crunchy peanut butter? How long and how fiercely are you willing to argue with someone over the merits of your favorite peanut butter? Before you ask, yes, I know this is a silly question but really. If your best friend likes smooth and you like crunchy is that the end…
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Loving Even Through Rejection
“You’re not wanted here.” In school, on the playground, at the lunch table, in church, youth group, and Sunday school, that’s how I felt as everyone bustled around me doing various activities. Is it really that hard to come up with games everyone can play whether they have a disability or not? Is it really…
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Fruit of the Spirit – Love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 The Bible commands us to love. Love is one of the main attributes I think of when I think about the life of Jesus, He demonstrated unconditional love to everyone…