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The One with My Ministry Gifts

I have no idea where God will take me in the future. Will I be at home, loving on my family, gardening, baking, housekeeping, homeschooling? Will I write a book? Will we live here forever? Or move across the country? How will I be using my musical gifts?  So many questions, yet I don’t really […]

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The One with Homecoming Drama

Oh! to be fifteen again!  Or not.  I was reminded this weekend of how great my teenage years were,  but also of how I don’t have any desire to go back there again.  Wow.  Pubescent teenage girls are WOW.  You’re probably thinking, “Gosh, is she just realizing this now? Two years after starting this youth ministry […]

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The One with the Lunchroom Loves

I’m trying to think of topics to write on that don’t have something to do with my sweet husband, my awesome teens, my times with Jesus, or food.  Those are, afterall, my loves.  They are (almost) all I think about.  That either makes me: A. a weirdo. B. obsessive. C. super committed. D. all of […]

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The One with the Reason for Labor

Full time youth ministry (or any ministry I’m sure…) is a unique category of work.  Hours of labor are nearly impossible to log.  The duties of your job description seem to become irreversibly intertwined with your “real” life.  You go from having your life and your work… …to your life and your work being your work and […]

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The One with a Brief Hiatus

I know I’ve been a bit lacking in the blog posting department lately.  Sorry.  It’s not you. It’s me.  I can’t wait to get back to regularly scheduled programming.  But for now, you’re going to have to put me on pause again.  Or I’m putting me on pause.  I don’t know. I’ve used so many cliche […]

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