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Encouraging One Another

Audio Devotional, Faith + Bible

Ruth and Rahab

April 8, 2020

Quotes: "When we think about Ruth and her mother-in-law, we immediately think about Naomi. But did you realize that Ruth actually had a second mother-in-law? When she married Boaz, she gained another mother-in-law: Rahab.""I imagine Rahab taking over where Naomi left off to help Ruth learn about VIEW MORE

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Encouraging Others

When Others Struggle to Accept Our Care

March 31, 2020

One of the hardest things we might experience as caregivers and friends is wanting to come alongside someone we love who is hurting, but being declined in our offers to help. Instead, our friend resists any efforts we might make to talk about what is going on. Sometimes, they might stop being around VIEW MORE

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Stories

Story: Gracefully Demonstrating Care and Patience

March 27, 2020

With our country on quarantine for the corona virus, I've seen a lot of people reaching out to connect and help others. But one person is standing out in my mind today, and that is my daughter's teacher. Not only has she called to check in on us and give a special message of encouragement to my VIEW MORE

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Encouraging Others, Resource

How to Tailor Your Response to a Hurting Friend

February 26, 2020

Friends, it would be so nice to be able to offer you a simple checklist to follow when a friend is hurting. "Do this, this, and then this." But the truth is, every situation is different, and every person is different. What is comforting for one friend might be horrifying to another. "Your VIEW MORE

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Story: Shuffling at the Y

February 19, 2020

Amidst our family's visits to the YMCA, we pass a variety of people there to improve or maintain their health: moms with little kids, people recovering from cancer, older individuals (some of whom pass me on the track!). And while they all help inspire me to persevere when I get tired, the man who VIEW MORE

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Discerning the Level of Care You Can Provide to a Hurting Friend

February 8, 2020

"She has cancer." It's one of the last things we want to hear about someone we know. We want to be good friends. We want to love our friends. But how? The thing is, there is no one single answer. Everyone is different and in need of different help. I think it’s important to pray and take into VIEW MORE

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Faith + Bible

A Letter from James: My Scripture Writing Adventure

January 28, 2020

For Christmas, my husband and kids got me a beautiful leather journal entirely handmade by a family in the United States. The stitching on the binding is stunning and the pages really look like pages from an old book. It wasn't hard to decide that this would be my new Scripture writing journal. VIEW MORE

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Hand-Copying the Bible: Starting My Scripture Writing Adventure

December 6, 2019

Scripture writing, or hand-copying the Bible, is a discipline I was unknowingly introduced to in college when one of my professors handed us a sheet of paper with a bunch of nonsense words on it and asked us to copy it exactly. In essence, he was showing us what it was like to be a scribe, a person VIEW MORE

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Faith + Bible, Guided Scripture Reading

Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus: A Guided Scripture Reading

October 24, 2019

In guided Scripture readings, we go through a passage together and enter into the story through our imaginations, always relying on the Holy Spirit to lead us. These are audio recordings and are great for individual use, small groups, mentoring, or leadership groups. Facing a trial that seems VIEW MORE

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