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She says it over a cup of coffee in a long conversation about life, love, and faith. “I just want to make choices that please God.”
I feel a hesitation deep within and I want to tell her no, to explain the path she’s taking doesn’t lead where she really wants to go. But [...]
Our temptation is to convince ourselves that we are great, gifted and all-around good folks. But the more we see of God the less we can affirm our own greatness. If we have any confidence, it is in Christ who is in us.
He has substituted himself in my place, met me in my sin [...]
Longtime Christians have a tendancy to say words and repeat phrases without considering the depth of their meaning. We sing hymns, read scripture, perform liturgy, and say prayers. The words are like a warm pot of soup on a cold day. They provide comfort, guidence, rest, and peace. But sometimes, the comfort they provide is [...]
The saving purposes of Christ among the nations and in our neighborhoods will not be accomplished unless Christians choose to suffer. — John Piper, Desiring God, p 279
I changed out of my cute boots and into brown Sketchers for a two block walk to the Mexican restaurant down the street. The place is cavernous [...]
It’s been a long time since the heavy-footed visitor tramped through the house and collapsed in the seat beside me. I cannot tell you when he arrived, only that he’s here now and I don’t know how to make him leave.
It’s been a day of harsh words, hurt feelings, and overwhelmed emotions. I want [...]
All of life is joining. A knitting together of who we are with who we were made to be. And to really arrive, to really know who we were made to be, we must surrender ourselves to joining with the great Creator — the one true God. It is not a joining that is demanded, [...]
I lay in bed staring at the ceiling. I think about writing and discipline and what it takes to put words down on paper and pour out a little bit of myself — every day.
Right now, I’m weary with words. Between Lifeway, Chic-fil-a, gender roles, Complimentarianism, and Egalitarianism, I’m exhausted. It seems as though [...]
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Hi, I'm Eyvonne. I'm idealist who masquerades as a realist. I write about the tension between the ideal world Jesus described and the reality we see around us — with some parenting, work, and relationships mixed in.
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