Anna Joy so honestly invites us into her story of allowing others to name her and what it has looked like to instead allow Christ to name her. I appreciate her wisdom, her challenge and her...
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We often want to win so badly that we will do anything to get victory. My kids were playing a game recently. I don’t remember what it was. It could have been monopoly or gin...
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...Instead of with fake princesses, cheap thrills, no coffee and lost children. After all the spiritual insights in San Francisco, we visited friends in San Diego, which was lovely and made me want to be...
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There is this street, Lombard Street, that people come to far and wide in San Francisco. They come around the back side of this famous lane and drive down what is known as the crookedest...
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So we rolled through the redwoods right on down to San Francisco. We couldn’t wait to show our kids the city. We booked a hotel and got a steal of a deal on one of...
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I have known Emily for several years now. We met when I was on staff at a college ministry and she was a student. We have gone on mission trips together, cried in the church nursery,...
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For my fortieth birthday, my mom so kindly offered to take me to a spa she loves. I said yes. Then I found out it was a naked spa. This news was coming from my...
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The past few weeks, my son, Aidan and I have been having chess wars. We play best out of 3 and consistently he wins. And I swear I am trying to win and just not...
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If you asked me what I was going to be when I grew up, I would have had some cutesy answer about being a TV broadcaster or a Nordstrom buyer. Though, the requirement of speaking...
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I am currently in what some Portlandians are calling the snowpocalypse. It's not really as bad as it sounds. But....I did just prep and write for speaking at a retreat in Cannon Beach, hopped a...
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