Tag: stuck
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When You’re Up Against a Wall
“Thank you for seeing me at the wall.” A girl with a lemon-patterned wristlet whispered to me. She smiled at me as she made her way into the church sanctuary. She hadn’t been to a service in years and I was the first face to welcome her in the lobby. When I met her, she…
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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 