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How Grief leads the way to Deeper Peace and Greater Clarity
God’s Kingdom is here, and it is also coming. Every broken thing will be restored. The dead in Christ are only the seeds waiting for the proper time to grow into a new and fuller life. Our King is here; and He is coming. Read more How Grief leads the way to Deeper Peace and Greater Clarity
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His hand beneath my chin
It dawned on me that this is how God parents us; he uses his tools to make good and beautiful things, but the tools are often loud and scary sounding. But he never chides us for being afraid—he understands that we are, one of the reasons that the encouragement “do not be afraid” is one of the most common in scripture. He tells us that there is nothing to fear, that he is in control, yet he also holds us securely until we actually believe that it’s true. Read more His hand beneath my chin
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What is being lost
So much can feel like it is being taken away right now; but what if all that I am losing are the false places from which I pretended to be self-sufficient? My dirty wells are being tarred over.Read more What is being lost
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Clearing Space for what looks like Death
As I write this, it’s the “Time of Corona”— a season of global fear and pandemic, and my words have gotten jammed in my throat. The chaos of the present moment keeps getting to me, no matter how I feel I have my feet securely under me one moment, the next I hear something else—another… Read more
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Now you are the Seed
Now you are the Seed for my Grandaddy Roy Now the soil is carved to make way for hands that handled seeds with care all their earthly days. Now you are the seed— Once you made space for what looked like death. For dried soy beans & shriveled corn— dusty field peas & string beans… Read more
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To my white brothers and sisters; if you think racism isn’t hurting you—think again.
To my white brothers and sisters; if you think racism isn’t hurting you—think again. This is a call to repentance. Read more To my white brothers and sisters; if you think racism isn’t hurting you—think again.
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To my black brothers and sisters; I’m sorry and I love you.
There is a certain kind of evil that stares you in the face when an image bearers is destroyed by another image bearer. There is an exceptional evil at work when other images bearers try to justify it—or when they ignore the larger evil acts like this clearly point to. Racism is alive and well in the country which claims to be the home of equality and freedom. Read more To my black brothers and sisters; I’m sorry and I love you.
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Here’s to a sweet & awkward Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day can be sweet and awkward at the same time. The sweetness of looking into the faces of those you love can mingle with the sadness that shows up to the party like that awkward friend wearing too much cologne; reminding you of all you have lost.Read more Here’s to a sweet & awkward Mother’s Day
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Come Away Awhile
As the world shuts down around us I keep hearing whispers that part of why this is so hard for our country and community is that we are terrible at actually resting. Read more Come Away Awhile
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A Prayer for those who are Afraid
Lord Jesus, We know that you know the beginning from the end. There is no disaster, no tragedy, no viral pandemic that escapes your notice or is a surprise to your kind and sovereign gaze. You know how our hearts are fearful God; of the unknown. Of loss. Of lack. Of death. You know the… Read more

A Prayer for the Thirsty
Father God— To say the way is long and the road is hard is beyond an understatement. You know the weight that sits on our heavy hearts; the burdens we were never meant to bear. You know how tired and blistered our feet are, from going on for so long. And today, I’m not sure … Read more A Prayer for the Thirsty

Meet the Kelleys
Hi. I’m Grace Kelley. And no my parents didn’t name me for the actress, I actually married into the Kelley part nine years ago when I married my high school sweet heart Willy. Since then we’ve had three kiddos, and have weathered many hardships together, both personally and with others God has called us to … Read more Meet the Kelleys

Call to Mind: FREE DOWNLOAD
2020 hasn’t gone how I planned. You neither? At the end of 2019 I published a list of 12 prompts to reflect on God’s faithfulness over the past decade; I hoped it would be a way to start the new year off right. Now in the midst of a year that feels like one of … Read more Call to Mind: FREE DOWNLOAD