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I’d Love to Hear Your Faith Stories
I moved to a new town at the end of 2020. Moving in your 50s can be a bit daunting. Would I make friends? Where would we go to church? Would my grown kids want to come home to a place that had never been home to them? Would I start a new career, hobby… Continue reading
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Take the Time to Detangle
Do you remember using Johnson’s detangling spray when you were little? If you were a girl growing up in the late 70’s, early 80’s, with long hair, then you can probably smell it right now just by reading these words. Without that spray my hair was a tangled, hot mess and a brush was the… Continue reading
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30 Takeaways From My 30th High-School Reunion
Looking back through a 30-year-old lens gives me clarity bathed in gold dust. I pray you leave this post a little richer and that you are inspired to go on a hindsight treasure hunt of your own. 30 Takeaways From the 30th High-School Reunion: 1) Hindsight is NOT actually 20/20. 2) All of our filters… Continue reading
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Sit With Me
This is the beginning of my 11th year of freedom. January has become my leaning in and listening month, -resting in God’s Presence, -writing what He whispers -and waiting on the MORE He promises and delivers. I don’t typically share the January private moments on the blog but I felt the Lord asking me to… Continue reading
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Writing a Book Proposal: Little Did I Know
To all of the faithful followers of this blog, I wanted to apologize for my posting inconsistency his year. I have found it almost impossible to blog, while attempting to write my first book proposal. WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL IS MY CURRENT EVEREST! It is a mountain I have purposefully chosen and one completely foreign… Continue reading
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Meaningful Wait
Meaningful Wait Is connectivity killing connection? While sitting in the doctor’s office recently, I saw a room full of people and heard a room full of DEAD SILENCE. Everyone was glued to their phone. It made me sad and it immediately brought a memory to mind, a moment I would have missed had my phone… Continue reading
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Meaningful Questions
Meaningful Questions Someone can invite, hug and show us to a seat of honor, but if they never ask us a MEANINGFUL QUESTION have they really shown that we MEAN ANYTHING to them? An invitation means nothing if we are not truly welcomed. A hug is as piercing as a slap in the face when… Continue reading
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GENTalks Episode 13: God Does Not Have A Plan For Our Lives
Click Here: Link to iTunes GENTalks Episode 13 Kaitlin and Katie dive straight into the deep water as they discuss the idea that “God does not have a plan for our lives” but He does have Kingdom purpose and that is a different outlook altogether. Another way it’s been put: God is not in control… Continue reading
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All Is Well (Really?)
When we hear, ALL IS WELL, do we breathe a little easier, or do we immediately think, REALLY? WHAT PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON? WHATEVER! I have to admit I can fall into both categories. However, I am still a sucker for a WELL story, stories that start WELL, go WELL and end WELL! Deep… Continue reading
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I Have A Dream
I am the C0-founder (with another Katie Taylor🙂 of a local online community, Ourcityonahill.net, and I hope you will check out the site to see the heartbeat behind it. In a nutshell, the heartbeat is unity in Christ! We got the site up and running in 2015 with the mission and vision of: Vision statement: “To… Continue reading