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  • Purposeful Living

    An Online Advent Devotional for Less Stress This December

    November 22, 2024 /

    Last year, I released an online Advent devotional to help others slow down, cultivate wonder, and connect with the Lord.  After receiving wonderful feedback, I made a few updates and am excited to release a second edition this year! Here’s a glimpse into this new online devotional.  I pray it blesses you deeply. Still My Soul: An Online Advent Devotional for Deeper Peace I sit with the dawn and let my thoughts gather.  The grey morning light lifts her sleepy head, and the thin air is embroidered with a crimson cardinal’s song.  My mind is scattered, and I feel like a woman who is stretched too thin.  I’m thinking about…

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  • Overcoming Trials

    15 Bible Verses About the Presence of God

    April 3, 2024 /

    Mirrored on sleek water, the expanse of sapphire sky comes down to touch us.  My little boy presses a delicate fingertip into its blue, and it feels like heaven has come to dwell among us.  God’s Word has a great deal to say about the presence of God.  Today, we’ll explore 15 Bible verses about the presence of God.  Then, we’ll learn how to apply these verses to our lives. Let’s dive into God’s Word. Bible Verses About the Presence of God According to God’s Word, we cannot escape God’s presence.  God wants this assurance to be a source of comfort to us.  He is always with us, caring for…

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    7 Powerful Scriptures for Spiritual Attacks

    May 14, 2025

    5 Life-Changing Prayers for Hope in Difficult Times

    April 14, 2021

    A Prayer for Strength and Healing When Life Hurts

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  • How to Be Still and Listen to God
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    How to Be Still and Listen to God: 7 Practical Tips

    October 25, 2023 /

    Daylight finds us with an unseasonable chill, and we close the windows and wrap ourselves in fleece blankets. Pulling out my Bible, I flip to a familiar Psalm.  It reads, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).  I’ve been learning how to be still and listen to God for decades and have yet to master the practice. My mind has been racing again lately, and silencing my thoughts today feels next to impossible. Instead of being critical of my racing mind, I am kind to myself today.  I lean back and let the thoughts pass like clouds in a sapphire sky.  Finally, after several minutes, my mind…

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    Lean Into Grace and Experience God’s Healing and Freedom

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    8 Bible Verses About Change and Transition

    November 1, 2023

    5 Prayers for God’s Guidance in Uncertain Times

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  • Purposeful Living

    8 Bible Verses on Breaking Negative Cycles

    September 6, 2023 /

    I stand in front of the cupboard and stare blankly.  I’m not hungry, but this cupboard is where I come to escape when the kids are fighting and the walls are closing in.  I know what I should do.  I should open my Bible and read through my list of Bible verses on breaking negative cycles of escapism and sin. Instead, I indulge. The cycle of my escapist eating continues, and I feel trapped and ashamed. Bible Verses on Breaking Negative Cycles Perhaps you can relate.  Maybe you’ve been trying to overcome a destructive habit for decades, but you can’t seem to find freedom. Today, we’ll explore eight Bible verses…

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    When God Calls You to Step Out: A Review of Fearing Bravely

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  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    5 Ways to Enjoy God Wherever You Are: Lessons From the Road

    June 28, 2023 /

    After 11 days on the road, we returned home to western Pennsylvania last week.  All in all, the trip reminded me of how to thoroughly enjoy God and his gifts in every situation. We spent more than 70 hours crammed into a small Nissan Frontier together.  For kids who are 12, 8, and 4, that’s a lot of hours. Nonetheless, the kids marveled at the majesty of the Tetons and watched Old Faithful erupt in a cloud of steam.  They stood outside the site of their parents’ first date, The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, and they posed beneath Mount Rushmore (Pics are at the end of the post). We slept…

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    God’s Timing Is Perfect—Even When He Makes Us Wait

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  • Purposeful Living

    7 Bible Verses About Dwelling in the Presence of God

    November 17, 2021 /

    What do you want your life to be about?  I asked myself this question the other day as dawn ascended in shades of lilac over the tree line.  Opening my Bible in search of Bible verses about dwelling in the presence of God, I thought about learning to embrace more of life’s moments, cultivating joy, and rising above stress. Bible Verses About Dwelling in the Presence of God As I watched the sunrise, I reflected on the previous day and noticed some unhealthy patterns: my tendency to hurry through certain chores, impatience with my family, and an undercurrent of stress flowing beneath all my moments. There were no epic disasters.…

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    October 9, 2019
  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    3 Biblical Coping Strategies for Stress and Anxiety

    November 10, 2021 /

    I sit with the dawn and let my thoughts gather.  The grey morning light lifts her sleepy head, and the thin air is embroidered with a crimson cardinal’s song.  My mind is scattered, and I feel like I’ve been stretched too thin.  I’m thinking about packing lunches, painting walls, mid-morning Zoom calls, and new rain boots for the little one.  I could use a few Biblical coping strategies for stress today. I don’t want to be stretched and stressed. I’m tired of snapping at my kids and rushing through moments I should have cherished. “I need a stress detox,” I whisper to no one in particular. Throughout the past months,…

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  • Purposeful Living

    5 Practical Ways to Sit at Jesus’ Feet

    September 1, 2021 /

    Shadows of maple leaves move like water on the lawn.  Lost in their dance, I step out of my cares for just a moment, and my heart feels light for the first time in weeks.  More than anything, I’m desperate for space to step back, breathe, and sit at Jesus’ feet. I wish I were better at going with the flow and living with open hands, willing and eager to receive whatever happens to cross my path. Unfortunately, every time we hit a bump in the road, I call it crisis mode and come unhinged. I’m well aware of Jesus’ words: “In this world, you will have trouble . .…

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    10 Prayers for Direction and Clarity

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  • Purposeful Living

    Dwelling in the Presence of God: 3 Practical Ways

    August 25, 2021 /

    The morning glories are climbing the neighbors’ porch beams when I stop along the road and come to a realization: I want to live a life spent dwelling in the presence of God, but hurrying is pulling my attention away from his presence. God is always present with us, which means that we are always dwelling in his presence; yet it’s easy to become distracted by the demands of our days and fail to cultivate the awareness of his presence. As counter-intuitive as standing along the road and watching the climbing vines feels, I could learn something from their slow climb heavenward. Staring at the climbing vines, I’m amazed by…

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    How to Change the World From Hidden Places: 5 Bible Verses About Leaving an Impact

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  • Purposeful Living

    4 Ways to Grow Spiritually and Connect With God

    July 28, 2021 /

    We were in the middle of a full summer schedule when I read these words from late missionary Jim Elliot: “Wherever you are, be all there!  Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” Jim’s words prompted me to ask hard questions about living present in my moments as I sought ways to grow spiritually. Ways to Grow Spiritually and Connect With God Maybe you can relate. You want to grow spiritually, but you’re pulled in dozens of different directions. Most days, you hurry from one task to the next with little space for slowing down to connect with God. The morning I read…

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