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God’s Law vs. God’s Love
Matthew’s version of the Christmas story is short and simple compared to Luke’s dramatic version. There are no shepherds or glorious angels, no harrowing journey to Bethlehem or the drama of giving...
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The Holiest Thing – A Guest Post
In case you weren’t sure…we’re actually still in the Christmas season. The twelve days of Christmas is an actual thing, except I don’t know what the partridges and lords a leaping are all about....
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Even Joy Can Be Found In The Charlotte Airport Bathroom
Last November I had the good fortune of attending a writers workshop in Charlotte, NC. The weekend was wonderful, filled with new friends, new aspirations, new visions of the future. But my goals and...
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What I Learned From Lent
The forty days are almost up. Forty days ago I held honorable intentions of participating in the Lent season by getting up earlier than I normally do, spending time meditating, reading and praying. I...
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Releasing Your Dreams – The Glorious Table
I’m back at The Glorious Table with week talking about dreams. Holding on to them, letting them go, and releasing our hold on them enough to be discovered and realized. Releasing your Dreams Exodus 2...
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On Meeting Jen Hatmaker and Heaven On Earth
You may think, by the title of this post, that I am comparing meeting Jen Hatmaker to heaven on earth. That’s not it, I’m not that enamored, just hear me out. Last weekend I had the good fortune to...
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The Holy of Holies In Our Heart
Holy. What does it mean in everyday life? The Glorious Table contributors are exploring holiness in a series of posts. This week I’m sharing a memory I have from childhood Sunday School lessons about...
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God’s Will: God’s Kindgom
Last week I used the prompt “guide” to ponder the mysteries of the universe. I only allowed myself five minutes to write about it, but I have been thinking about it ever since. How do we know what...
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Christians Who Support President Trump’s DACA Decision
If you follow the news regularly, you may be getting whip lash. Hurrican Harvey, DACA, wildfires in California, Jeff Sessions, hurricane Irma, wildfires in the northwest. What in the actual heck is...
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The Glorious Table: Just As We Are
Recently a friend told me she had decided to get rid of all the journals and notebooks she’d filled with years of morning pages, journaling, short stories, poetry, teenage angst, and young adult...
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She Reads Truth Bible Review
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links and I received this bible for free in exchange for an honest review. All opinions, thoughts, photos, ideas, and commentary are my own. This past summer, I...
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Five Minute Friday: Need
This week’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is NEED. What do I need vs what do I want. Oi, that’s a loaded question. Let’s spend five short minutes breaking that down a bit. Five minutes on the...
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Choose This Day Who You Will Serve
The following is an abridged version of a sermon by David Spain, senior minister of First Christian Church Norman. The lectionary reading that day was from Joshua 24: 1-3, 14-28, in which Joshua is...
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
We have been participating in our church’s Christmas pageant for ten years. It started in 2007 when we moved home and our oldest son, Addison, was barely three. He dressed up as a barn animal with...
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A Thrill Of Hope For A Weary Heart
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks, the new and glorious morn. This verse from O Holy Night is one of my favorite phrases in all of the music that the Christmas season has...
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2018 Word: Choose Joy
It’s that time of year again, time to choose a word. While part of me thinks this practice is trendy, the other part of me appreciates the purpose behind the practice. I’m choosing to overlook the...
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Maundy Thursday at The Glorious Table
Holy Week has snuck up on me. It feels like it was Palm Sunday about two seconds ago but I just looked up and it’s Maundy Thursday. Apparently my crazy-busy schedule didn’t really care that I wanted...
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Look for Beauty and The Glorious Table
I’m contributing at The Glorious Table again this week. I wrote this post months ago but it seems very timely that it popped up this week when teachers across Oklahoma are making the very difficult...
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Is Your Attitude Infectious?
One day this past summer, I visited an art camp for teenagers from all over the state. To attend the two-week camp, students must audition in their field of interest (art, dance, orchestra, choir,...
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Am I My Brother’s Guardian?
Over the past few years I have felt an increasing urgency in the world around me. I can’t exactly put my finger on what the urgency is but it is an unsettling feeling. The feeling that the world is...
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