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No one Way
Does pursuing God only look one way? Church attending bowed heads pouring out yourself memorizing scripture? Or Can it look like other paths? Time alone standing up for others questioning listening writing being Can it look like understanding sexuality? Letting go of guilt? Who is to say that the path you are on different from Continue reading
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Outside the Church
Their stories are accepted and embraced I am a disgrace I turned my back on ministry I question things I have been taught I am dissatisfied with the imperfect life because I was told perfection looked like marriage to a “Christian” man children to take care of or a total sacrafice of my single life Continue reading
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Honest Thoughts about Religious Teachings
Some religious traditions I am questioining: If anything, church should not be a building, but a people, just as the Israelites were, meant to be a light among others. What if church is not a Sunday service, but a group of people who spend time in the world seeing the hurt, lonely, and poor? I Continue reading
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Thoughts on Jesus Revolution
I don’t usually write movie reviews, but here I am. Sometimes a movie is impactful and I feel Jesus Revolution falls under that. It left me with a lot of thoughts and feelings. So here we go. I want to start by saying I usually struggle with films made by Christians. However, I often give Continue reading
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Striving Together
As I read Philippians 1:27-30 over and over again this week, I did not see anything new. However, after the 5th time I read it, “striving together” jumped out at me. Within the context, Paul is confident that the Philippians will “strive together as one for the faith of the gospel”. Striving together is right! Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 