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7 Ways to Learn Hunger for God’s Word {even if you have no appetite}

If studying the Bible feels like a drag, an “ought to,” and far from a passion, this post is for you. I’ve been there, I come back there, I’ll probably go there again. Our flesh doesn’t believe that a soak in pure Tru...
by Rachel
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Help Change the World for One

What can you say about this video other than that simple three letter word? “WOW!” I watch videos like this and feel that stirring movement inside of me that I can do so much more for so many more out there, especially orph...
by Christen
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Wait, While I Wait

A stream of words, playing through my speakers, that I’ve heard time and time again. Keep your eyes on the prize. Hold on. And I related it to our sweet baby that waits, as we wait, in birth mother’s womb or crib in...
by Lacy
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Taking it Back Old School: Part Two

Well, what a success! Date night was a big hit… Let me back up a little. KC works two days a week part time at the law firm that I work at, and first thing on Thursday morning she found her note. I was sitting at my desk that...
 
 
 

Taking it Back Old School

Taking it back old school style. A two part post… For the past month or so my life has been so busy that I don’t feel like I have been half the father, much less half the husband that I have needed to be. I just finished my...
 
 
 

Adjusting

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you will know only about three things about me. My name is Jacob. I am in Africa. I love my job and helping people. (and that I love parentheses…) Well, in this issue I will let you kno...
by Jacob
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God and Your Heart

We’ve talked a lot on this blog about God’s pursuit of our hearts. We raise our hands, singing “He Loves Us (Oh, How He Loves Us)”… And yet many of us, this writer included, struggle with what cou...
by Lauren
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Flowers from the Dumpster

(Thanks, Christen, for inviting me over from Heirs with Christ to guest post on your blog!) It is the afternoon of Easter. All I can think about is our upcoming move from Montgomery to Mobile.  As my entire family sleeps off t...
by Rachel
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Laying a Good Foundation

In the recent weeks, and even days I have come to realize that as parents, Matt and I are in one of our most important seasons of parenting, especially with Amy Kate. It wouldn’t take anyone very long to figure out that she i...
by April
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Family

Family. They’ve been my support this year and I was finally able to see them face to face after 6 months! Last week was a refreshing week for me. I was able to spent quality time my family and build friendships with stude...
by Christen
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Perfect Love

We have had a lot of firsts in the last four months or so.  Baby coupons arriving by mail, noses pressed into books about raising children and adoption, a full battery of pokes and prods (in one day), loving someone we’ve ne...
by Lacy
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Fat Tuesday

Laissez les bons temps rouler! That’s French for “Let the good times roll,” in case you didn’t know, and is heard often during Mardi Gras. Something you may not know about me is that I have some pretty thick Cajun roots...
by Lauren
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