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Be My Valentine
Something Good for Something Better
A Long Winter’s Brief Confession
Corrie ten Boom’s Enormous Prayer in The Hiding Place
What might lead us to prayerlessness?
My Father’s Daughter
As I unabashedly placed a dripping mug of hot coffee on top of a crisp, new yellow legal pad, I had to chuckle. As much as I love brand new and pristine office products (yes, I still love back-to-school shopping), it doesn’t bother me to ruin a perfectly good legal pad because I can still write over the coffee stain.
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2024’s Top Blog Posts
Word of the Year
I’m not much on New Year’s resolutions but do you ever choose a word for the year? Not like how demure was chosen by Dictionary.com as the word of the year 2024. This word gained viral fame on TikTok and before you knew it, it was everywhere. Well, I’m not sure I am demure, and I’m not talking about that kind of word of the year. I’m talking about choosing a word that is a theme for your year.
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When the Word Became Flesh
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” John 1:14
Let me paint a picture for you.
You’re the owner of a huge, thriving business. Before starting this company, you were set financially for the rest of your life — so even though you didn’t need to work, you chose to work because you wanted others to share in the fruits of your endlessly creative mind.
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The Gift of Joy
For over two years I walked by a simple message our daughter had written on the white board above my husband’s dresser and never recognized its beautiful truth. She had written, “Joy is not a crumb.” When I noticed those words just a few weeks ago, they suddenly had my full attention.
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Dressember for Success
A Survival Guide for Seasonal Depression
First, I want to start by emphasizing that the following is not a checklist. I know that doing any of these things can feel impossible in the thick of seasonal depression, and the last thing anyone needs is to have shame heaped upon them for not taking better care of themselves.
With that being said, as someone who personally struggles with my mental health this time of year, I often need encouragement to prioritize habits that are good for my body and brain. If these darker, colder days are hard for you as well, I gently encourage you to try checking off one or two of the ideas on this list per day.
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Taking on the Trials and Traversing the Trails
One of my favorite things that I get to do is ride bikes in the woods and coach our local middle and high school mountain biking club. It’s challenging, fun and gives me a chance to be outside in the beautiful world that God has created. When riding a mountain bike on a trail in the woods one will encounter all sorts of obstacles…
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Finding Wild Hope
Our theme for MomCo* this year is Wild Hope. As the coordinator at Willowdale Chapel’s Jennersville campus, it’s been on my brain a lot the past six months – and I LOVE IT! It’s made me think how much hope I have in all things around me – my marriage, my kids, my home, my job, my church, my groups, etc. It brings me so much joy and peace in life to have such wild hope!
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My Hopes and Expectations for God
Each week I have the pleasure of serving with others at our Jennersville campus as a Willowdale Chapel student leader. The students have a snack, some kind of activity and a talk followed by small group time. The time is so rich and it has been amazing to see the students grow in their knowledge of the Lord. The message also challenges me to grow in my faith, too.
This week our student ministry pastor, Jordan Lichty, shared about the unspoken truth of a relationship with God.
A Full Life is Not a Hurried Life
Let’s pretend for a minute that Jesus was living physically in the 21st century:
The alarm on His phone goes off before the sun comes up, He wakes – although reluctantly – because He stayed up way too long watching sermons on YouTube and reading cool Instagram inspirations. He heads to the gym for a quick work out, showers there, and begins His day of ministry. He picks up His disciples and they grab fast food – uttering a quick prayer of thanks as they wolf down their meal while they drive…
No Fear in Love
The following is a transcript of the testimony I shared before being baptized at Willowdale on December 5, 2021. While some details of my story have changed (ex. at the time of my baptism I was single, and now I’m engaged), the truths I share about God are — and always will be — unchanging.
“Jesus, please come into my heart.” These are the words I remember praying the day I accepted Christ as my Savior.
Tell Me About Yourself
I hate small talk. Even though I’m an extrovert, those first-time conversations with people I don’t know well or don’t know at all often feel flat, shallow and, frankly, difficult. I don’t hate meeting new people – I actually really like it, but I hate the getting-to-know-you stage.
Too bad we can’t skip all that stuff, right?
Faithfulness in a Harvest of Memories
My mom was a rare bird. She had unusual ways of doing things. When I was little, she tried many crazy folk treatments to remedy warts I had on my fingers, before ever consulting a doctor. As a widow, when she couldn’t afford to get her dryer door fixed, she used it as an opportunity to read a book with her feet pushing on the door for the full cycle. When she worked in the business office of an orchard, she fined anyone 25¢ for swearing, including her boss. Curiously, she was never one to give directions or teach us the specifics of how to do something. But through her actions she taught me many beautiful lessons about trusting God.