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Journey To Soul Rest Is for You Too [Book Review]
“What would emerge from my life if I paused long enough to let his spirit breathe?” -Bonnie Gray, Finding Spiritual Whitespace Perhaps Bonnie Gray’s debut book, Finding Spiritual Whitespace: Awakening Your Soul To Rest, interested me because I’m a driven mother of four pursuing (and failing at) “perfect mothering.” Or maybe it piqued my curiosity because…
God’s Friends
Earlier this week I attended the visitation and funeral of my uncle and saw many of my cousins. Although we don’t see each other often, when we come together to support one another in a difficult time, it’s with genuine love and concern. (It was this way even with a cousin I hadn’t seen in…
Mended By the Blood of Jesus
There is a wooden welcome sign that hangs in my kitchen. But several times over the many years I’ve owned it, it lay broken on the floor. This wooden plaque had been created with infinite care. Human hands spent hours lovingly working the intricate scroll work. I couldn’t toss it out, no matter how broken. So with a…
Love Has Everything To Do With It (Live Love and Live Loved)
I’ve been somewhat off grid this past week at the 2013 Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod National Youth Gathering in San Antonio, learning to live love(d). This triennial event hosting 20,000 to 30,000 teenage youth presents an opportunity for young people to learn more about Jesus Christ, the Christian faith and their Lutheran identity. As an adult shepherd (aka, chaperone), I…
It Is Real Grace
GO It is the life I live, so similar to others but vastly different, so complicated yet eerily simple. Real Life Meets Real Grace Storm clouds gather, then are chased away by the wind. The fog thickens until dissipated by the sun. It is messy, ugly, and painful. It is lovely, precious, and fun. I…
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Hello, I'm Julie, an imperfect wife and mother of four. Life in this broken world is not always easy. Yet, joy can be found in each day through the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I find it's easy for our day's blessings to get lost in its happenings. But God's "mercies never end" (Lamentations 3:22) and His "grace is sufficient" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
May the posts and pages on this site offer you a measure of peace and encouragement.
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