Category: from the heart
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› Read more: Misplaced Affection
Misplaced Affection
I consider myself a generally tidy person. Most things in my life have a proper place and tend to be…
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› Read more: The Hum of the Household: Little Liturgies that Anchor Us in His Love
The Hum of the Household: Little Liturgies that Anchor Us in His Love
In his book You Are What You Love, James K.A. Smith writes, “Every household has a ‘hum,’ and that hum…
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› Read more: Sovereignly Sorted: Contrarieties & Christ
Sovereignly Sorted: Contrarieties & Christ
I have found solace from a strange friend as I wade through the unknowns of parenting teenagers: George Herbert, an…
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› Read more: To Remember Rightly: The Great & Terrible Wilderness and the Great & Awesome God
To Remember Rightly: The Great & Terrible Wilderness and the Great & Awesome God
Memory is a funny thing, isn’t it? My first memory is being pushed around in a dolphin cart at Sea…
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› Read more: The God who Sees & Hears: Atonement & Attunement
The God who Sees & Hears: Atonement & Attunement
One look from my most loved ones can level me. A look of fear from my son on the pitching…
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› Read more: How Teenagers Have Changed My Prayer Life
How Teenagers Have Changed My Prayer Life
Before parenting teenagers, I would have given myself a passing grade at prayer. I felt, at least, moderately faithful and…
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› Read more: Christ’s Vulnerability in the Garden of Gethsemane
Christ’s Vulnerability in the Garden of Gethsemane
As we approach Holy Week, there are two realities that shout from the gospel records of Jesus’s days in approach…
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› Read more: Was Ever Joy Like Mine?: A Poetic Response to Herbert’s “The Sacrifice”
Was Ever Joy Like Mine?: A Poetic Response to Herbert’s “The Sacrifice”
Traditions are funny. Often, whenever I try to force their creation, they fight back at me; however, sometimes, when I…
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› Read more: My Prayer for the Upcoming Political Season
My Prayer for the Upcoming Political Season
May your political conversations be few, fruitful, and face-to-face. Simple, but far from easy. I am a preparer and a…
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› Read more: The Inner Circle: Parenting Teenagers (and the Teenager in Me)
The Inner Circle: Parenting Teenagers (and the Teenager in Me)
I never intended to be hanging out with high schoolers outside of my own. I still feel the ringing sense…
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