Ten Months, Too Long: A Letter About Motherhood and Life Lately

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Ten Months, Too Long: A Letter About Motherhood and Life Lately

Dear reader,

It’s been ten months since I’ve shared anything on this blog. Ten months, too long. No blogs about Josiah and his cleft journey, no further pregnancy blogs, no baby Abner blogs (though he most certainly is now out of the womb, praise God, and growing like crazy), no ministry-related blogs, travel blogs, or recipe blogs. Nada.

I was on a flight to London in late June and I found myself looking around wondering…

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Have You Drifted? (Good Reads To Help You Stay The Course)

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Have You Drifted? (Good Reads To Help You Stay The Course)

Have you ever thought about the fact that while in the water in order to drift all you have to do is. . .
nothing. Absolutely nothing. Do nothing and you drift.

It may be slow. Probably subtle. A little wave here, another wave there. But nonetheless, if you do nothing, you’ll drift. The same thing happens to us spiritually. When we do nothing, we can drift away. And that is undoubtedly the resounding heart beat of Christine Caine’s new book, “How Did I Get Here?”.

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A Time For Everything (Williams Life Update)

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A Time For Everything (Williams Life Update)

I’m just going to get right to it, over the past holiday season our family experienced a big transition. And I’m excited to finally talk about it with you all in this way! Often times we only talk about God “opening doors” in the sense of a new door to walk through. But have you ever considered God may open a door in a way of communicating, “that was it” “you’re done here” “let’s move on to the next thing” “time to go” “walk away” “you’re work here is done”?

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In The Word Every Day (He Reads Truth Bible Review + 50% OFF CODE)

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In The Word Every Day (He Reads Truth Bible Review + 50% OFF CODE)

When life suddenly changes, what do you rest assured in?
When you find yourself in the darkest of night, what lights your path?
When you’re pressed and crushed on every side, what do you cling to?
These words which will never pass away, HIS WORDS, are what I must place all my hope and trust in.

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The Reality of Good Friday (and how to celebrate it)

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The Reality of Good Friday (and how to celebrate it)

Get the matching outfits, prep the roast, plan for family coming in, clean the house for Easter lunch, get the baskets ready, hide the eggs…

We fall into the Hallmark holiday musts that we hardly observe the true meaning of a sacred holiday. And how on earth is GOOD Friday even actually good? How do we observe or yet, celebrate a day when the Son of man was beaten, hung on a cross, crucified and left to die?

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How To Read Your Bible More (free devotional included)

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How To Read Your Bible More (free devotional included)

Friend, I get it. I've been there.
I was horrible at it, too.  Reading the Bible was not my forte. I thought this struggle would go to the grave with me. 

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Why I Listen To Podcasts and The Ones I Recommend

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Why I Listen To Podcasts and The Ones I Recommend

I mean because if you're not listening to podcasts while you're cleaning, cooking, DRIVING, working out or whatever else, where you been, friend?!

My round up list of podcasts I'm enjoying are informative, mainly faith-based, and presented in a conversational type of way that makes it easy to follow while being challenged and inspired.

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Why You Should Lean In

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Why You Should Lean In

I don't know what this is. Honestly, I struggle in being a perfectionist AND indecisive. Lord, help me. So providing that as some context, you could see why I wouldn't be lying to you when I confess that it takes me WEEKS to finish and PUBLISH a single blog post. But this one, this one just sort of spilled out. And then I hit publish (within the same hour)!!

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Church Planting Confessions: A Williams Life Update 3 Years In

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Church Planting Confessions: A Williams Life Update 3 Years In

We were pretty young and newly married when we jumped head first into church planting. Which, of course, then means we dove into full-time ministry as well while still learning what it looks like to be husband and wife...

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My story - the good, the bad, the redeemed

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My story - the good, the bad, the redeemed

I never knew why he looked so sad up there. Jesus, that is, hanging on the cross. I wondered. Not knowing in the first place why He was even on it. The night before Halloween of 2002...

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Leading Women: Why Discipleship Matters

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Leading Women: Why Discipleship Matters

I don't think I've shared about this with y’all, yet. Which baffles me because it's been such a huge part of my life over the past 3 years. Or so I thought. Because as I looked back, I realized this has been infused in my life for well over a decade. I believe every woman wants to be led, and some women, in return, want to lead others. 

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How?

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How?

Many times Calvin and I step back, take a look around, stare at the other for a good 2-3 seconds and say, "How is this our life?" Or with equal admiration yet bafflement, admit, "Man, I love our lives. We're blessed to get to do this and be here."

Just this morning those were Calvin's exact words to me. Allow me to get you up to speed as many have asked us how we are doing and how the church is doing...

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How Revealing

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How Revealing

Church planting is so revealing.It flings wide open the heavy curtains we shade those aspects of selfishness and pride with.

Sanctification on steroids! 

Those words were shared by Ginger Vassar, wife of JR, the lead pastor of Apostles Church in New York City, when interviewed about her experience as a church planter’s wife.

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