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  Romans 5:12 – When Adam sinned, sin entered the human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Romans 5:17- The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us , but all who receive God’s wonderful, gracious gift of righteousness will live in triumph overContinue reading “Good Freedom Friday!”

Ephesians 2:3 says that we are all “by nature children of wrath.” If we are all “by nature children of wrath,” it can only be because we are all by nature sinners — for God does not direct His wrath towards those who are not guilty. God did not create the human race sinful, but upright.Continue reading “By nature…”

  “There is FREEDOM to be found in letting go of the familiar, worldly ways of measuring a human life.” I found this quote by Soren Kierkegaard, an amazing thinker of the 19th century and it is rocking my world! How easy is it for us to measure ourselves and others based on what isContinue reading “Freedom from the familiar and worldly”

For weeks I have been wrestling with my self about whether or not I am loving others well. Loving them the way Jesus loves them. I have been wrestling with why I feel so strongly about certain things and if those feelings are righteous or are they condemning. The word that the Lord had beganContinue reading “living in free will vs. living in freedom”

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting in an auditorium chair, the lights around me were dark and the stage lights in front of me shone bright like a beacon from above. My mom and I had gone to see a friend’s dance recital. I was no more than 5 years old.Continue reading ““This was for you””

Babysitter arrives and I’m off. As I pull out of the driveway I can hardly see a thing in front of me, the fog is so thick. I think to myself how familiar this fog feels. Not in the natural but in the spiritual. In the past several weeks I have heard one bad newsContinue reading “The “son” will burn away the fog.”

It’s been 1 year today since The Dance Project closed. Parts of my heart still ache from missing it but equal parts are sure that the Lord is moving. I long for the day when more than equal parts will be sure. Some of you may be missing a person during this season. I wantContinue reading “Equal parts sure”

” I will never fail you. I will never abandon you. So we can say with confidence, The Lord is my helper so I will have no fear.” (Hebrews 13:5-6) When my Avery was sick as a baby this scripture took hold and carried me through years of illness. In fact, it is the premiseContinue reading “Psalm 136”

The orgin of the word emotion derives from the French word esmotion, derived on the model of movoir: motion, from esmovoir: to set in motion, move the feelings. In Latin the word is ēmovēre; move, motion. To move the feelings… Over the past several months Pryor and I have talked about how it’s been hardContinue reading “-move the feelings”