Getting Real

Getting Real

No Longer In Control

The Your Stories blogs are a place where women can bravely and authentically tell their story as it really is. We invite women to collide with Jesus and share how He is meeting them, transforming...

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Getting Real

Beautiful Mess

The Your Stories blogs are a place where women can bravely and authentically tell their story as it really is. We invite women to collide with Jesus and share how He is meeting them, transforming...

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Getting Real

The Lifter of My Head

The Your Stories blogs are a place where women can bravely and authentically tell their story as it really is. We invite women to collide with Jesus and share how He is meeting them, transforming...

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Getting Real

Learning That I’m Enough

The Your stories blogs are a place where women can bravely and authentically tell their story as it really is. We invite women to collide with Jesus and share how He is meeting them, transforming...

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Getting Real

I Am Strong

I am strong, but I am not that strong… Each day I wake up with a to-do list in my head.  I scroll down the list of the stops to make, the phone calls to do,...

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Getting Real

Answered Prayers

Kristen is new to the Collide team but I have known her for years as a college student at Western Washington University! In that time I have watched her faith become her own and her...

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Getting Real

Learning to Let Go

Melissa is a refreshing soul because she is one of those people that isn't hiding or pretending. She isn't building an image she hopes you will see or trying to act as though she has...

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Getting Real

Waiting for the Will Be

When my kids were babies I remember just sitting there holding them in my arms,  just staring.  I would sit for long periods of time and watch them sleep sweetly.  Sometimes they would do that...

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