We’ve all been there, I’m sure. Walking through the grocery store or sitting at the baseball field or standing in line at the DMV, and…
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Category: Friendship
Dear Friend Who Has Left the Church
Dear Friend Who Has Left the Church, I wish I could read this letter to you over a cup of coffee, in the safety of…
View More Dear Friend Who Has Left the ChurchDouble-Decker, Chocolate-Frosted Cake
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15 It was my 12th birthday and my mom’s 50th. (Yes, we share a…
View More Double-Decker, Chocolate-Frosted CakeEvery Mom needs Mom Friends
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of…
View More Every Mom needs Mom FriendsTransparency {Part 2}
It was a day that started out as any other weekday. The kids had eaten breakfast, done chores, and were sitting at the table working…
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Within the small-town church culture, transparency is both very simple and very hard. You live life closely with your people, often seeing them several times…
View More Transparency {Part 1}Friendship {Outside the Church}
{This is part two of a series on friendship.} As much as I adore and love and feel absolutely called to serve those in our…
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Talking about friendships often has me humming the old Girl Scout Friendship Song I learned in first grade. “Make new friends/But keep the old/One is…
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