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Communication in Friendships
So now that you have some friends, how do you keep them? While it may be easy to look outward and focus on other people not being good friends, it is important to look inward and make sure that we are being good friends before judging the way other people are doing it. Do you…
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Being A Friend
I think we’ve already established that finding friends is really tough. But when I think about my search for friends when I was younger, I realize there’s a piece of the process that’s really important for us to continue talking about — getting ourselves ready to be a friend. When I was younger, I remembered…
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Navigating Familial Bonds
There’s a lot that could be said about family. Some of it is great, like how I have strong relationships with some of my family members. During the years when I had no friends to speak of, my close family members were my only friends and confidants. I truly don’t know how I would’ve gotten…
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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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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!! I’ve been too busy to write the last few weeks. It’s been a chaotic and beautiful December! Now that things have settled down a bit, I’m reveling in what I’ve been calling a spectacular occurrence. Yup, I’ve finally combined my odd personality with my love of weird, dramatic words. We don’t know when…
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Christmas Traditions
Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition? Maybe something you do every year on Christmas Day or leading up to Christmas? Or maybe a special food or drink that is reserved for Christmas time? I have a few favorites, some are very consistent every year and others are things we do as often as we…
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The Gifts of Mud, Poop, & Sticks
We’ve talked about how seasons change and how life changes. Christmas is no exception. I don’t celebrate Christmas the same way that I did as a kid, some of my traditions are the same and others are new. When I was a little kid, my mother would take my brothers and me sledding on Christmas…
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Looking to God Even in Grief
I literally can’t handle anymore grief right now. That’s what I said to God at 2:30 in the afternoon when I remembered to sit down to read my Bible and pray in the middle of a day at home with laundry, puppies, and ten other little things that held my attention today. I’ve struggled with…
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Humility in Jesus
We all know what humility is, right? The word humility always makes me think of the concept of humiliation, they sound like they should go together, don’t they? Well, humility is the act of being humble and not thinking highly of yourself. That is what we are talking about this week. Being humble is not…