Sometimes Church is Hard
I sat in a meeting. The discussion was heated. The conversation heavy. Hearts were burdened. Chests were puffed. Sorrow, pain, arrogance, curiosity,…
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To Jesus, From the Tired Mom Who’s Trying
Dear Jesus, You’ve given me these five children into my hands. I tell myself over and over again, “I AM BLESSED.” However, in the…
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You’ve Grown Before My Eyes Here in This Church
I stand next to you while the church band plays, amazed that you now tower four inches taller than me. How did you get so tall and your feet so big…
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I Was So Religious it Was Ruining Me
I didn’t grow up in church. I always knew God, I can remember him speaking to me as young as age eight, but I wasn’t raised by the Bible nor was…
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Watching My Dad Devote His Life to Ministry Has Taught Me: Our Pastors Need Our Support
I am a pastor’s daughter. I’ve seen firsthand the beauty and pain wrapped up in a life called to ministry for almost 30 years. I remember the…
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My Faith Isn’t Always Found In a Church
I can remember my mom waking me up at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning when I was 14 years old and also doing the same thing to my older sister, whose room…
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To the Mom of the Rowdy Kids in Church
Remind yourself that Jesus loves the little children when the final “amen” is said, and your three-year-old yells “IT’S…
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To the Christian “Bad Girl” Who Wonders if She Belongs
Dear Christian “bad girl”, I see you. I know you. I am one of you. I’m also a Jesus-loving “bad girl”. I’ve done things many Christians…
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To the Married Mom Who Sits Alone In the Pew
I see you. I see you show up to church on (most) Sundays knowing that you will be sitting alone. Alone because for one reason or the other, he…
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Dear Kids, When Church is Dumb
In the summer of 2010 I dragged my eight-months pregnant-with-you butt into a car with no air conditioning and drove 40 minutes in the Northern…
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