Category: Spiritual Formation
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If you are a Christian and read the New Testament, then I’m sure you’ve heard the story of the woman who bled for 12 years. “And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge of…
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Staring out into the Atlantic Ocean, a whale jumps out of the water. Immediately, everyone gasps at the beautiful scene. I ask my husband, “Isn’t it crazy that whales live in the water but cannot breathe in it?” His response is, “Yeah. I’ve never thought of that.” And then it clicks for me. That’s how…
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One of my greatest lessons in how to be more like Jesus came when I was in graduate school. It was a multi-part divine plan that came together from sources that had no intention of teaching me this lesson, but ended up giving me the greatest gift: perspective. Which, in turn, has allowed me to…
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When I first came to faith, the Bible intimidated me. I saw it as this thick book filled with ancient rules and stories of people who would be next to impossible to relate to. Instead of reading it as a whole, I would pick and choose which parts were for me. I clung to isolated…