July 2017
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when the battle for “likes” wrecks your child
We are creatures made for community. We have a longing to belong and experiences with rejection that shape decisions, relationships, and our willingness to take risks. This week, I’ve asked a friend to share her life-in-the-trenches parenting story of just how subtly the feelings of rejection and unworthiness can creep in. She and her husband have…
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longing to belong
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to belong. About how the feeling of not belonging wounds deeply. About how fear of rejection drives our decisions, relationships, and willingness to take risks. Just ask someone about a time they felt rejected. Heck, just ask them about middle school. People’s faces still get a…
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love far beyond any weakness
This summer I’ve gotten the chance to know Victoria Adams, a senior religion major at Baylor University who is interning with the youth ministry at our church. She recently shared a message with our middle school group about how God can meet us in our place of weakness and remind us that we are His…
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like a child
It was unbelievably early one autumn morning, still dark outside, but I was wide awake. I was eight months pregnant with our second child and at that “happy but uncomfortable” stage—probably not sleeping because of my squashed bladder or my aching back. I wasn’t the only one awake, though. Two little feet were padding down…