Home, In Five Parts

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“This wide, open place didn’t come easy. My heart has paid a long price for it. So I mean it when I say: I pray you find a Home here with us.” Part I Every second Thursday night, I set out the white cups, fill the kettle and line up the water glasses on the [...]

March Wrap-up, Plus: 5 Thoughts on Enough

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[ Scroll down to download the SheLoves ENOUGH flipbook today. Email readers, please click through to see it.] “Enough isn’t about all that we want, but about everything (and more than) we need.” By Idelette McVicker | Twitter: @idelette Flipbook: By Sarah Richardson | Twitter: @sarsrichardson About half-way through this month, we received a notification on our facebook [...]

Seen and Known

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“Don’t think for a moment that the messiness of your situation negates your worth.” By Jonathan Martin | Twitter: @renovatuspastor I worry about women and men in the church today. I wonder how often we are told that we are only valuable to God when we are successful? What about those among us who have a complicated history, [...]

What the Scale Told Me

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“Then, today, the scale told me that I weigh enough. And it rattled me. Just a little bit.” By Abby Kelly | Twitter: @benjity As I battled my way through the Valley of the Shadow of Death that is anorexia, I got pretty used to believing that I didn’t weigh enough. And somehow, even though I [...]

Trusting More, Expecting Less

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“I can feel insecure, or I can close my eyes and expect God to provide the biggest blessing: enough.” It’s called Plaza de Bolivia, a wedge-shaped expanse of green with two fenced playgrounds, a carousel, and plenty of sunbathing city-dwellers. It’s sandwiched between a busy train track and Avenida del Libertador, an eight-lane boulevard filled with [...]