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What is Ash Wednesday?

Up until a few years ago all I knew of Lent was Mardi Gras proceeded it, McDonalds sold fish sandwiches during it, and it ended with Easter. That was it. Ash Wednesday wasn’t even on my radar. Then we moved from a rural area in Arkansas where there was an evangelical church on every corner (sometimes […]

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Finding Joy in Everyday

#JoyHopeLive Linkup {34}

Today’s linkup is up. Be sure to share with us below how you find joy in your everyday and read about how others do as well. Take a break from all of your Thanksgiving food prep, walk away from slicing apples and peeling potatoes and come read how others are finding joy in their everyday. […]

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Valentine’s Day isn’t meant to be spent alone

A few years back, when I was the Ministry Director at Sunrise Baptist Church, we hosted a Valentine event for Spouses of Deployed Soldiers. It was my family’s first experience with deployment. My soldier had left the previous November and the thought of spending another holiday alone was unbearable. So I devised a plan.