Sunday night I came home from church and started playing basketball with the boys. Justin had taken the two older boys to Kingsport with him the day before to drop off some furniture and pick up the goal, and I had kept the two smaller boys home (one was sick) and cleaned up the office […]
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We talk about women’s issues a lot on this podcast. But we realized that we’ve never broken down why we think it’s important to have these discussions. Why does what we believe about being a woman matter? We want to obey the Bible. We operate from our identity. Our beliefs about gender are foundational to […]
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I’m picky about the fiction I read. I open myself and let the stories march straight in. The characters move into my heart and I feel pain when they make bad decision. I feel anguish when life crushes them. I live those stories through them and obviously, that’s the point. The problem is that I […]
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My husband’s birthday was last Saturday. I had almost pulled off a half-surprise party for him on Friday night when one of the boys came down with a 101 fever. I think I was more bummed about that than he was. If we had a big party and I got to raise my glass and […]
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Yesterday, when I saw on Instagram that it was International Women’s Day, I thought about what that means to me for a while. I grew up very conservative. I knew that if I went to Facebook I would see posts from people I knew about how women didn’t need a day (or a protest or […]
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My office belongings are currently in our front hallway. There are stacks of books and Justin’s bag of basketballs. There’s a rolled-up rug draped on top of the speaker, artwork leaning against the wall and shelves stacked in the corner. My notebooks and mugs of pens and books that I keep close lay neatly in […]
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It’s Lisa this week with a solo episode. She discusses her tendency on Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies. (Find yours here!) She’s a questioner. She likes to ask questions and if there’s a good reason, she’ll be on board with almost anything. This episode breaks down the intersection of why we should read our Bibles and […]
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