My mom was an MK (missionary kid), and I grew up on missionary stories. The miracle stories you find in books, yes, but also the down-to-earth, “this is what it was like growing up under a microscope” stories. And some really good karaoke impressions too. I love a good missionary story. Fiction or non-fiction. Janette Oke’s The Calling of Emily…
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I have to admit – I was disappointed by the book I read this week. Don’t freak out, Allison. At first, when I picked up this book, I thought it was part of the same series as Finding Amor. It isn’t – it was actually released before. Guess I’ll have to wait for that one. The only thing wrong with…
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You could say I’ve been on a personal finance kick lately. You would be wrong. It’s not a kick. The changes I’ve made in my life over the last year are sticking. Not perfectly: I’m learning things every day and every month, and sometimes I get a little sloppy. But last October (2017), I made the choice to be obedient…
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What relationships do you want to invest in this year? Starved for relationship. Have you ever been there? I feel like that’s been me off and on the last several years. It’s not really anyone else’s fault. It’s a symptom of busyness and life transition and leadership responsibilities and even the fact that I’m an introvert, so it’s very easy…
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Eve’s story is usually told as a story about sin. I’m really glad to have been raised in the century I was raised in, because throughout church history, the church has done a great job of using Eve’s story to justify putting women “in their place.” It’s Eve’s fault that sin came into the world, so women shouldn’t take certain…
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