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I’m not going to lie. I was tempted to skip this one. I’ve heard and read this story countless times. It’s extremely familiar. I wanted something new. Something more interesting. But I made myself stay in the reading and see what might open.
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I recently read Sarah Bessey’s book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women. This book was published in 2013, so I’m about a decade behind in getting around to this one. I put it off for a long time because I was intimidated by that word “feminist.” Feminist can mean a…
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If you’re honest you can probably fill in the following blank: I feel shame that ________ isn’t __________ (meeting some spoken or unspoken expectation). If you’re anything like me, you can fill in this blank a myriad of ways: Shame can often be recognized through using the word “should.” So if you have a hard…
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Besides re-evaluating my work life, I’ve also been re-evaluating some things about my home life. In late January there was a week I was so out of sorts and dissatisfied and unsure about so many aspects of my life that I swore I was going through a mid-life crisis. And I haven’t even made it…
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I’m nibbling my way through a book by Dani Shapiro entitled, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life. Shapiro has multiple published books in several genres. This makes her what I would consider a successful writer. She offers a list of potential distractions one might give in to when it is time…
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I’m starting this blog as a step of faith, and to push back against my struggle with worthiness. For the past eight years I have taught English classes at a community college. I’ve been an adjunct because that’s what’s worked best with our family schedules and demands. It has allowed me to parent our children…
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