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A Prayer for Worshiping Kindly
It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for another worship prayer based on the fruit of the Spirit. “Kindness: Tuning to Usefulness” was one of my favorite chapters to write in Spirit-filled Singing. I hope the following prayer, based loosely on that chapter, encourages your heart and focuses your mind as you prepare for worship: Heavenly Continue reading
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A Prayer for Worshiping Patiently
Funny enough, I thought about not posting a fruit of the Spirit prayer for worship this week. But that wouldn’t be very long-suffering of me, would it? That’s what patience boils down to: long-suffering. Bearing with one another. Enduring. Carrying on. Waiting it out. Persisting. So this weekend, let’s persist in prayer and praise, together. Continue reading
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A Prayer for Worshiping Peacefully
I’ve been sick this week, which is never fun—especially when I know I still have to get up early and work on Sunday. But perhaps now more than when I’m well, it’s important to focus my heart and pray over tomorrow’s worship. God of all comfort, encourage us as we gather tomorrow (2 Cor. 1:3). Continue reading
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Books I Can’t Wait to Read with My Children (Fiction)
Recently, I shared some of my mixed feelings about pregnancy. But I do genuinely love children and you know what I have always looked forward to? Reading with my kids. My childhood revolved around books. My mom was an English teacher, so I grew up immersed in words, words, words. My dad would frequently take Continue reading
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A Prayer for Worshiping Joyfully
I cannot believe it is already Saturday afternoon. It feels like I barely finish Sunday services before I’m already back for another round. But even if time does not slow down, I hope you will join me in pausing briefly to pray over tomorrow’s worship. Our Lord, who made us to sing and who rejoices Continue reading
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Boldly Singing “Son”
We sang “Be Thou My Vision” last week at church and, as always, I was curious to see which version of the second verse we would use. The traditional verse reads: Be thou my vision, and thou my true Word;I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord.Thou my great Father and I thy true Continue reading
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A Prayer for Worshiping Lovingly
Tomorrow is Sunday again, which means we have yet another opportunity to gather for worship and care for one another as the body of Christ. As I set my face toward Sunday, I am praying the following and would love for you to join me: God, who so loved the world that you sent your Continue reading
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Supporting Women Who have Mixed Feelings about Pregnancy
I am going to say something very unpopular as a married Christian woman: I am not really a baby person. I believe that children are a gift from the Lord and that human life is valuable and worth protecting from its very beginning. I genuinely enjoy children; I just have never shared the bubbling-over baby-fever Continue reading
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Why Say the Lord’s Prayer Together?
At the church where I work, we say the Lord’s Prayer every Sunday as a key part of the liturgy. At the church where I am a member and my husband is Lead Pastor, we have started saying the Lord’s Prayer as a way to conclude our services. This has been met with mostly positive Continue reading
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Platforms to Pillars: Trading the Burden of Performance for the Freedom of God’s Presence
I’m in the thick of researching platforms—digital and otherwise. As I do so, it is important to me to frame my research according to a biblical worldview. I do not just want to understand the operating systems behind digital platforms and the motivations behind personal platform building. Rather, I want to understand how platforms can Continue reading
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