Tag: change
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“Steadfast” Bible Study is NOW AVAILABLE
Delayed post by a few weeks, but…. “Steadfast” is officially here!! I wrote this book when I was looking for stability in the midst of disorienting changes. The losses and transitions seemed endless. And then I published it when I finally developed roots and routines, but the curveballs kept coming. (So much so that I…
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Book Review: “Your New Now” by Nicki Koziarz
Do you ever struggle to enjoy life in the moment? The phrase “the grass is always greener on the other side” remains true: things may look better if life were different, but realistically, you have it the best, right where you are. For me, the past couple of years have been inundated with changes. One…
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When You Need To Let It Go
I’m currently in the midst of two situations: One where I’m ready to move on and leave the former things behind me. The circumstances are too unhealthy and no longer sustainable. Another where I have no choice but to give up my desires and my ways. The outcome is too far beyond my control, regardless…
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How to Handle Unexpected Change
We’ve all been there. The moment when you get the phone call. The urgent email that pops up at the top of your inbox. The conversation that ended in a way nobody saw coming. One moment, everything is fine and normal. In the blink of an eye, the world becomes different. The landscape you once…
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When Grief Turns into Joy
Two years ago, I created my first floral preservation projects. I referred to the process as “making my favorite flowers, my forever flowers.” The excitement and vision I had captivated me into pursuing this creative endeavor. I appreciated the delicately placed petals and every hour of baking, pressing, and air drying. After some time, I…
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Churches and Cherry Trees (Part 2)
Click here to read part 1. “And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.” – Ezekiel 36:34 (ESV) Another one of my church locations has beautiful trees in the back parking lot. This campus may become my new…
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Churches and Cherry Trees (Part 1)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” – John 5:24 (ESV) I’m in a weird season of life, where I know God is making a move. I just don’t know…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 3)
Click here to read part 1 and click here for part 2. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t overthink things. As a child, I was always one to analyze the details. I was a strong reader and writer, motivated to discover and learn. Languages and logic became interests, which eventually…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 2)
Click here to read part 1 Have you ever felt stuck, having accepted the past yet unable to move forward? There’s no easy way to navigate being sandwiched in between the reality of what was and the possibilities of what will be. The disappointments have settled in and became a part of a new normal.…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 1)
“You’re not stuck.” That’s the word God gave me in church a few weeks ago. That morning, I found out about another disappointment, another loss, I’d soon have to face. I went to church to escape this reality, only to sit through a sermon about change. The takeaway point was that change can be a…
Consider the Joy 