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The Resurrected Life

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The sun rises on a new day. A day of rejoicing. I’m excited to leave the cross, even though I know it comes with us. Though it doesn’t define who we are, it shapes our every day. For the crucified Jesus doesn’t call us to a moment of dying, but a life of surrender. Dying to anything that doesn’t lead us into righteousness. Anything that doesn’t glorify God. When we take up our cross and follow Jesus – I mean when we really follow Jesus – we will experience death. Death of expectations. Of social habits. Big girl dreams. Cultural […]

Cross Shaped Hospitality

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A heart that welcomes, a spirit that invites and a life that is interruptible. There’s a cost to this way of living. This life that I want for our family. The giving, the receiving, the welcoming, the growing, the pouring out, the getting filled. And I want more of it….but I don’t want to do what it takes to have more. Because the hospitable life bears a cross. There’s a dying of old ways and expectations that make room in your heart and home for Jesus. For others. For love. For Grace. It’s not easy, this dying. This surrendering of […]