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4 Things To Try If You Feel Melancholy
Do you ever feel melancholy? Google defines melancholy this way, “a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.” As someone who struggles with depression, I feel melancholy a lot. And that’s where today found me. I felt sad and lethargic for no apparent reason. This should be a joyful time in my life. My mom…
Love Your Enemies… Even If You Don’t Think You Have Any
“Love your enemies.”-Matthew 5:44(NIV) Clearly, Jesus was not talking about me. His audience must have been the “thousands of years ago brutal mob who was known to occasionally throw stones and needed some serious behavioral modification.” Not me. I don’t have any enemies! At least, I don’t think so… I’m a suburban housewife with four…
How to Cope with Life Transitions
I’m a mess. Between my oldest son leaving for the army and his younger brother graduating high school, it seems like all I do is cry. Life transitions are hard. Like, really hard. Whether you have a graduate or are starting a new job, life transitions impact your life in more ways than one. No…
When Prayer Becomes Difficult
You’re a Christian but maybe you’re not and you’re reading this. It’s okay. It’s for you too. Prayer is one of the fundamental principles of your faith and of life. People pray. There are untold sermons, books and more about prayer and how to do it. But, what if your praying is just hard. What…
It’s Time to Put Away Our Laundry
Like the clothes we drape over our bed railing, needing to be put away or dealt with, sometimes there are things in our lives we’ve allowed to hang around far too long. Negative thought patterns, old perceptions and wounds, even certain relationships that have worn out their welcome need to be hung up or tossed out. We can do it through the grace of Jesus.
Obedience Won’t Always Make You Smile
God speaks to us and requires us to listen accordingly. He might say ‘build an ark’ or come totell you that ‘you will carry the son of God’ which are all great things but they each come withadversity. I can confidently say that I’ve had similar encounters with the voice of God and the reality…
Depression and Faith
Depression and faith… can they even go together? Are you really a Christian if the joy of the Lord that’s supposed to fill your heart and soul is crowded out by feelings of dread and despair? My answer is yes. Yes, depression and faith can go together. Yes, you can be a Christian woman and…
Learning to Develop Regular Rhythms of Fasting
I love having conversations with friends and picking up on similar themes. It’s so fun to get a glimpse into how God is working in and speaking to His people in different parts of the country and world. One common topic I’ve noticed in conversations with friends in 2023 is fasting. I’m not going to…
3 Things to Remember When Life Throws You Lemons
It was four days after our wedding when life threw us lemons. Everything from the soft-serve ice cream truck to the precious first look moments in the Berkeley Rose Garden to the heartfelt speeches of our family and friends, had been more than I could have imagined. We were about to board a flight to…
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