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Downsize My Life

For the last year or so, I’ve been convicted about the need to downsize my life. I have too much stuff. Plain and simple. (And if you suspect I’m overstating the problem, check out my New Year’s resolution from 2008. Yeah. It’s that bad. Although I did manage to rid my house of Chicken Dance […]

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Urgent Request! Stop Child Trafficking in Haiti

Hi friends, I have an urgent request for you. Jeff Goins has been popping up all over the blogosphere for the last several months, but I remember him as the sweet, red-headed guitar player from one of the CTI Music Ministries teams my husband trained back in the day. A nice kid, real sharp, with […]

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Spiritual Blind Spots: How Do You Topple Invisible Idols?

We all have them–those areas in our lives that we need to give over to God, but aren’t even aware of, much less able to address effectively. Oh, we might know something isn’t right–our spiritual “Spidey-senses” tingle uncomfortably, or we become aware of negative consequences our actions are bringing about. Or, we might be completely […]

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Why You Should Quit Talking About Your “Beautiful Wife”

Eugene Cho, pastor, social entrepreneur, blogger, and fellow Covenanter (just had to get that in there!), posted this video on his blog yesterday. It’s over eight minutes long, but seriously? Watch the whole thing. Even if it turns your stomach a bit. Miss Representation 8 min. Trailer 8/23/11 from Miss Representation on Vimeo. What does it […]

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Girl Effect Comment Winners!

Okay, so I couldn’t choose just one. 😀 Here are my two favorite comments from my Girl Effect blog post–one is philosophical, the other is very practical. I’ll be contacting Tim and Margaret for their addresses, and sending them both copies of “Half the Church” by Carolyn Custis James. Enjoy!!! Tim says: I’d like to […]

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“It’s more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier…”

The PBS documentary “Women, War & Peace” will be starting tonight. I never watch television, but I will be watching this. Check your local listings to see what time it will be on in your area. Watch the full episode. See more Women War and Peace.

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Liberia, the Nobel Peace Prize, and Me

On Friday, three women were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their commitment to women’s rights. Two of those women, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, were from Liberia, the country I called home for most of my elementary school years. I haven’t stopped grinning since I heard the news. See, it was in Liberia […]

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Has Jesus Wrecked Your Life? Katie Davis and the Tale of Two Kingdoms

Have you heard of Katie Davis? The 19-year-old class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee who “quit her life” to begin a ministry in Uganda and become a foster mother to 14 girls? Katie’s new book was released on October 4th, and if I didn’t have a stack of books a mile high to plow through […]

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Sesame Street and the Kingdom of God

I just stumbled across this old-school Sesame Street skit (back from when Grover was GREEN!), and thought it was strangely profound. Enjoy!

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Steve Jobs and the Missional Mom: Why the Church Needs To Get “Crazy” Back

Helen Lee, author of “The Missional Mom: Living With Purpose at Home and In the World,” wrote a fabulous post today about how Steve Jobs relates to missional living. The world needs more of the “crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,” as Steve Jobs referred to himself. Missional living, in my mind, is all about […]

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Why Are 200 Million Girls Missing?

“It appears that more girls have been killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century. More girls are killed in this routine ‘gendercide’ in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century.” -From […]

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God, Girls, and Redemption: The Girl Effect Is Good Theology! Plus, a FREE GIVEAWAY!

“My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath remembered the lowly estate of his handmaiden…He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree…He hath filled the hungry with good things.” -Mary of Nazareth, Luke 1:46-53 Have you heard of […]

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When the Best You Can Do is More Than You’ve Got: The Problem With Perfectionism

I don’t know about you, but I tend to be an all-or-nothing person. Hot or cold. In or out. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,” and all that jazz. This can be a great thing, but it can also be a serious hindrance. In my life, “do it right, or […]

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Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Why the Church Needs to Get Involved

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we’re kicking it off tomorrow with our first AVA (Advocates for Victims of Abuse) informational meeting in the Twin Ports. In true Covenant-style (Evangelical Covenant Church, for those of you who don’t happen to be of Scandinavian stock or live in “da nort’land”),  there will be coffee, there […]

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Apples and Introspection: Rosh Hashanah, Wisconsin-Style

One of my all-time favorite bloggers, Rachel Held Evans, has been learning about Judaism as part of her “Year of Biblical Womanhood” project. Yesterday she posted about Rosh Hashanah (including a yummy challah recipe from a Jewish friend), which peaked my curiosity. Apparently, Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, a time when people consider […]

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